look back on
Example Sentences
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After a period of uncertainty, this superbly run club now look back on an even keel and ready to move forward once more - both in Europe and domestically.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
I want to be the kind of dad that my kids look back on and think I was present and loving and the kind of person they’d look up to.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
I hope to look back on “SNL” and think I did something cool.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
When I look back on the energy shocks of the 1970s, there are certainly similarities to now in terms of the physical disruption to barrels of oil and cubic feet of gas.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“You have to imagine that, Colin, that one day they will all look back on their lives and wish they'd been you. You'll have what everyone else wants in the end.”
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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