look away

Example Sentences

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Her relationship with the camera remains unparalleled — when she is in frame, it is almost impossible to look away.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

"We had gone out for a really nice dinner and I'd been trying to look away from football for the evening," he told BBC Sport.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

When Jessie Matthews begins to dance, it’s hard to look away.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Pitchford asks whether either promise still has real force when the record is messy, the procedure rushed, and the law of review designed to look away.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

She happens to look up at the same exact time, and we look away so fast it’s a surprise our eyeballs don’t go flying out of our heads.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender