bystander

Example Sentences

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As this barbershop bystander made clear, for the first time, only a prediction of another championship would be acceptable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

And, finally, your brother-in-law is not an objective bystander.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

The 30-second spot features a young man in a park attempting pull-ups, who asks a muscular bystander about achieving six-pack abs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Some analyses of bystander video appear to show a federal agent taking Pretti’s gun from his hip before the first shots were fired.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Always a plain man, Ned now seemed to become part of the background, a bystander to his own life.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson