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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Took in the sight of

The man took in the sight of her behind as she bent down to pick up her phone.

Is it perfectly fine to use "took in the sight of" to mean "looked at" in this context?

  

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No. looked at is a neutral kind of term took in the sight of suggests that he thought she had a very attractive bottom, and he enjoyed looking as it. Clive

  • No.
  • looked at is a neutral kind of term took in the sight of suggests that he thought she had a very attractive bottom, and he enjoyed looking as it.
  • Clive
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No.

looked at is a neutral kind of term

took in the sight of suggests that he thought she had a very attractive bottom, and he enjoyed looking as it.

Clive

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