look away

Example Sentences

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Today, many forces, corporate and technological, make it harder to look away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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

Tax pros who bill by the hour might put down their notepad and look away from their computer screen to indicate that they’re not charging for their time.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Making the film meant confronting painful images and memories, but we deliberately chose not to look away.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

I politely look away, admiring the potted plants lined up along the edge of her desk.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day