How to Use look like in a Sentence

look like

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Definition of look likenext
  • In a lot of ways, the new uniforms look like the old ones.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • No one knows what the world will look like in a dozen years.
    — Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • What does the year ahead look like for you, dear Virgo?
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile (as in Egypt, as in Africa), didn’t look like any of them.
    — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Taylor Wilson: And Trevor, how's the forecast look like for the rest of the week?
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • Yet the images make the film look like a movie with twice that budget.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The three lines are meant to look like waves and celebrate the city on the water.
    — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Doesn’t look like anything too steady or heavy as of now.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The Knights and No. 2 Santa Margarita look like the teams to beat.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
  • Patrick has been talking for months about what a deal could look like.
    — CBS News, 7 May 2023
  • What did getting into the headspace of Eboni look like?
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
  • This isn't the first time a zoo has dolled up a few dogs to look like a different species.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Their nests look like small mounds of soil with a single pencil-size hole at the top.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2024
  • My first challenge was to make a film that didn’t look like any others.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 May 2023
  • Here's a quick overview of what the weather will look like in different parts of the state.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Not knowing what the future is going to look like is very scary for me.
    — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • At this moment, Voight does not look like a movie star or a soldier for Trump.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 July 2024
  • Viewed from one angle, the events of last summer look like a failure.
    — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The rain that blew from the branches caught the mesh of his visor, made the visor look like some medieval face guard.
    — Cynan Jones, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
  • If Cary were to have his own shoot for our magazine, what would that look like?
    — Sean Abrams, Men's Health, 15 June 2023
  • What does success look like for Springboard for you five years from now?
    — Harvard Business Review, 23 July 2024
  • But what might transportation look like a few decades from now?
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • My question is: What will Jolie’s style look like next year, when the stealth wealth fad fizzles out?
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • What does teaching look like when AI is part of the curriculum?
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2024
  • What would a successful outcome look like on the ground?
    — Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 8 June 2023
  • There was no version of creating a crab that didn’t look like a crab.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
  • Signs to be aware of are dry, hard-to-pass stools that look like hard balls, as well as painful bowel movements.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 2 Aug. 2024
  • What will the weather look like in Cincinnati early this week?
    — Taijuan Moorman, The Enquirer, 5 June 2023
  • Ashore, this could look like slinging your purse out of sight on the back of your chair instead of keeping it in your lap.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2024
  • While some of the collection is offered in more muted shades of ivory and grey, Tanzer and Simpson wanted to challenge the status quo of what a bed ‘should’ look like.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024

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