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Discover LudwigThe phrase "looks caught" is not grammatically correct
You should use the past tense form of the verb to look, which is "looked," as in "He looked caught." This phrase can be used when you want to express that someone looked like they had been caught doing something wrong or were embarrassed. For example, "When the teacher asked him to show his math homework, John looked caught."
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Comically and momentarily, Brendel looks caught out.
But in terms of his performance or identity, he looks caught between two stools.
From the other, it looks caught in a stiff breeze, a pixelated curtain rippling in the wind.
The Fed looks caught between an economic outlook that calls for more QE and a cost-benefit equation that calls for less.
Seif looks caught in a day dream.
Jordan--who entered the entertainment industry on a whim as a model after his self-described "awkward looks" caught the attention of a doctor's receptionist who encouraged his mother to get him into modeling--also "fell into" acting.
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Muir looked caught on the hop but she is no-one's mug for long.
Tory backbencher Geoff Smith (apparently a big raver in his youth) looked caught in the grips of a manic, delirious happiness.
They showed creased bluejeans with long rises and waists so high that one editor gasped "Radical!" as those around him fingered their rosaries: "Please, Lord, don't let this look catch on".
As usual, the look caught on.
Though the Fiandaca look caught on in Washington power circles, the brand made less of an impression on New York editors.
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