Examples of 'things were looking' in a sentence

Meaning of "things were looking"

This phrase often precedes a description of a situation or a sequence of events. It implies that there was a particular state of affairs or outlook at a certain point in time, and hints at changes or developments that followed

How to use "things were looking" in a sentence

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things were looking
When things were looking their darkest.
I thought you said things were looking up.
Things were looking peachy for the car.
Six months ago things were looking bleak.
Things were looking grim for LittleBigPlanet fans.
In the league things were looking up as well.
Things were looking up for this former slave.
You assured me things were looking solid.
Things were looking really positive for him.
Just when things were looking up.
Things were looking very good indeed.
So at last things were looking up.
Things were looking up for a minute there.
And just as things were looking up.
Things were looking gloomy in the world.

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It felt like things were looking up.
Things were looking grim and tragic.
I thought things were looking up.
Things were looking up after a bad morning.
I was hoping things were looking up.
Things were looking bad for the other candidate.
The next day came by and things were looking much worse.
Things were looking pretty bad there for a second.
Interest rates would go up for the wholesome reason that things were looking better.
Things were looking very different six months ago.
But at that moment it was easy to think just maybe things were looking up.
But things were looking kind of bleak for a minute.
PowerPC processors enraptured into the third generation and things were looking promising for all concerned.
Suddenly things were looking a little more permanent.
With only one life lost, things were looking up.
Things were looking more promising.
Just when I thought things were looking sunny.
Things were looking rather good.
With just a minute to go, things were looking grim.
Things were looking pretty hopeless.
By the end of the century, things were looking good.
Things were looking really good.
I was not looking for anything, things were looking for me.
And so things were looking good.
On the financial side of the company, things were looking better.
Things were looking very different just a few hours earlier.
It sounded like things were looking good, and then.
Things were looking mondo ugly.
With four young children to look after, things were looking bleak.
Things were looking stark already.
For the first time in ages, things were looking up for my big bro.
Things were looking down.
Outside Haiti also, things were looking different.
So things were looking desperate.
Before the earthquake, things were looking up in Haiti.

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