How to Use look forward in a Sentence

look forward

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  • Add zip to the middle of the week with spicy tacos everyone will look forward to.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026
  • Our family and friends love it and look forward to me bringing it when it's made.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • Patients eagerly take turns sitting in the barber’s chair, looking forward to a haircut.
    — ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Furthermore, assess their ability to look forward rather than backward.
    — Matthias Walter Eser, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The country is looking forward to an especially big version of the holiday’s usual mix of red, white and blue.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • In a Southern town that usually sees snow on the ground only a few days each year, many people look forward to it as a mini-vacation.
    — ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • Your reality could depend on whether pricing decisions look forward or backward.
    — Michael Lukianoff, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Now, on the cusp of a new football season, Sanders is also looking forward to turning a new page after last year’s 3-9 setback.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Heading into the second half of the year, there are plenty of upcoming Foamposite releases for fans to look forward to.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
  • Their Italian fare is inspired by the seafood Nantucket is known for, so look forward to the frutti del mare served alongside fine Italian wines.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
  • Oblivious to all this is baby Elliot, who has all this to look forward to in later life, assuming Vibeke makes it (and there are no guarantees).
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 July 2026
  • No parent ever imagines spending a holiday within hospital walls, so these traditions aim to give them something to look forward to and enjoy in the midst of it all.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • From sipping sweet tea on the front porch to drinking watermelon cocktails after dark, most Southerners look forward to ice-cold drinks during summertime.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
  • The couple is also looking forward to seeing the Tall Ships and soaking up the city’s World Cup mania during their stay through mid-July.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026
  • Baytown Mayor Charles Johnson said in a March 2025 news release that locals were looking forward to the opening.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • In so many cases, the criticism from frustrated travelers looking forward to their first business trip, vacation, or family reunion in some time is completely justified.
    — Jordan Rozario, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2022
  • At one Social Security field office in South Texas, workers used to look forward to a festive lunch before the Fourth of July.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • Culture clash German audiences are looking forward to seeing the performance of Katharina Thalbach, who plays Agnes.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • Schwerner plans to expand the arts program at SDBG and looks forward to creating experiences and adventures that will be unlike anything else, anywhere.
    — Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026
  • The Town of Los Gatos is once again hosting its Fourth of July Symphony in the Park at Oak Meadow, a tradition many families look forward to each year.
    — Debby Rice, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
  • The Colorado Buffaloes are coming off a 3-9 season but head coach Deion Sanders is only looking forward and talked about the next steps for the program during Big 12 media day Tuesday at the Ford Center at the Star.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • Listeners can look forward to hearing from Hollywood guests including but not limited to KJ Apa, Camila Mendes, Bazzi, Harry Jowsey, and JoJo Siwa.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 July 2026

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