Verb
look down upon (third-person singular simple present looks down upon, present participle looking down upon, simple past and past participle looked down upon)
(idiomatic) Alternative form of look down on
I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. Abraham Lincoln
This is the age in which hills can look down upon the mountains. José Martí
Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune. Plutarch
Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges. Ernie Pyle
Father God, we just ask You to open Your wide, wide arms and look down upon us, Lord, and lead us, and let us know what we should do to stop this, this terrible, terrible holocaust. Norma McCorvey
Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God. Abu Bakr