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Example Sentences

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At the heart of the strategy behind the prime minister's visit to China this week is what some describe as China's "looking up economy".

From BBC

Mal’s exhaustion was so great that her breath turned slow and rhythmic almost immediately, but Christopher lay for a while, looking up at the night sky.

From Literature

I look up at the dark mansion, its thin chimneys a deeper black than the sky.

From Literature

“My mother always said Barbara was someone to look up to, to emulate.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Then he looks up and tells his friend, “I shouldn’t have went this hard, bro. I shouldn’t have went hard. And then, when it’s all done, burn me, don’t bury me.”

From Los Angeles Times