look back

verb

looked back; looking back; looks back

: to think about something in the past

Looking back to/at last season, I can see why they didn't win the pennant.

I look back at/on that time with a lot of pride.

How she's changed! After college, she moved to New York, got a job on Wall Street, and never looked back.

Examples of look back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The judge is looking back and forth between her computer and Ihnen. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Creator/executive producer Mike Kelley and cast members Emily VanCamp, Josh Bowman, Henry Czerny, Ashley Madekwe, Gabriel Mann, Connor Paolo and Nick Wechsler will reunite and look back at the series. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

In an interview with our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Jeff looked back at some of the book’s highlights, and reminisced about Pearl Jam’s history. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

By contemporary standards, modern royal women can look back to Princess Diana for championing the royal power suit. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

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