look down on

Idioms  

1. Also, look down one's nose at. Regard with contempt or condescension, consider oneself superior to. For example, When it comes to baking, Beth is a purist—she looks down on anyone who uses a mix, or Seniors have a way of looking down their noses at juniors. The first expression dates from about 1700, the second from about 1900.

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Example Sentences

Look down on us and keep us all safe.

From Newsweek • Jul. 14, 2010

Look down on a poor soul in worse than mortal peril; and in mercy pity those to whom she is dear!”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

“You who saved my soul. One day. Look, sweet Jesus. Look down, on these your suffering children—” The church begged, “Look down, Lord.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

O God of Truth, whose living word Upholds whate'er hath breath, Look down on thy creation, Lord, Enslaved by sin and death.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

Here, in the hills of ages I met thee face to face; O mother Earth, O lover Earth, Look down on me with grace.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert