look after
Example Sentences
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Because in East London, you learn that there is a moral baseline, that there is a right way of behaving, and you’re taught to respect your elders and to sort of look after everyone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The defendant allegedly responded: "Oh yes, that's my sister's. She asked me to look after it."
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
He later had a stroke during his treatment, giving him paralysis down his left side, and is now fed through a tube, with carers needed to look after him.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
School monitors recruited and trained by the city help look after children outside the classroom, including in the evening before their parents can pick them up.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
My mother’s family came from Breslau, and she had grown up speaking German, so she insisted I do too, hiring a strict governess named Frau Schmidt to look after me.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
