look like
Idioms-
Have the appearance of, as in This letter looks like an acceptance . [c. 1400]
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it looks like . It seems likely that, as in It looks like they'll invite us to dinner . [ Colloquial ; c. 1900] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with look like .
Example Sentences
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She did not look like a rough sleeper and did not drink or take drugs.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
But then, outside of our work, we are judged almost worse about how we’re aging, how we’re not aging, what we look like, what we don’t look like.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"While this may look like just a baton," Bresnik said, "it feels like big flaming hot Olympic torch."
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
They wanted to be able to cloak this in the air of legitimacy, when it has nothing to do with what a real lawsuit would look like.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Did they actually look like doors, or were they merely great balls of light floating above the forest floor?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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