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 event gave Rotarians and city officials a chance to look back at archival photos and share stories from the past century, while looking ahead to how the club can continue to be of use to Sunnyvale. —Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026

Our look back through Variety‘s pages confirms that the New York World’s Fair was a Super Bowl-level marketing platform for the country’s biggest brands, media included. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026

Speaking to the Television Academy, the journalist looked back at his brief time on the morning news program. —Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. —Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for look back

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback