Sentence examples for look on while from inspiring English sources

Witnesses, including David Ndereytoh (back left) and Simon Kinyanjui (back center, in profile), look on while authorities search for gunmen at Westgate mall in Nairobi.

I've no idea how chefs get used to that, since I get crotchety if people look on while I boil an egg.

The personal interest in athletics has been largely superseded by an interest in spectacular games, which, unfortunately, tend to divide the nation into two groups -- the few overworked champions in the arena, and the great crowd, content to do nothing but sit on the benches and look on, while indulging their tastes for tobacco and alcohol.

It didn't seem right that Lance, who defied the decorums of language and bourgeois morality, should have to look on while Robert Penn Warren walked the garden with a sentimentalist like Kit (whose story, through its vulgar nakedness of feeling, had moved me to secret tears).

One video shows a group of friends reenacting the entire video as Chatroulette users look on, while another redo of the video resulted in the firing of 14 lifeguards in California.

Mr. Dyrdek, who realizes he's being punked, and Mr. Kingston, look on while a car is driven into the restaurant where they're dining.

Scooby (a computer animation with the voice of Neil Fanning and Shaggy Matthew Lillardrd) look on helplessly while the others bicker, powerless to prevent the gang from splitting up.

"What have I done?" It was a question many readers would come to ask over the next seven chapters as he looked on helplessly while Alice mistreated Nellie.

- The reverend at Claremont United Methodist Church in LA threw up a nativity scene showing three couples (one straight, one gay, one lesbian) holding hands, looking on while Jesus is born.

"What's the deal with the dogs?" I asked, noting several stern-looking Planned Parenthood workers suspiciously looking on while monitoring the facility's parking lot.

But at least look on in wonder while it's rumbustiously alive.