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

Many of our children’s favorite apps and social-media sites were built from the ground up to keep young users hooked and helpless to look away, consequences to their health and well-being be damned.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

That’s why not only am I keeping up my photo of Chávez and Huerta, I’m going to put it in a more prominent place from where I can’t look away.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Her eyes narrowed, and he had to look away.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty