observer

Example Sentences

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Nature observer and broadcaster Iolo Williams was on a wildlife cruise filming Springwatch when he heard about the sighting.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

From the point of view of an outside observer, the Moon moves in a spiraling motion as a result.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

A trio of books tied to her centenary reveal an obsessive reader and shrewd social observer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Parsons is one such clear-eyed observer, able to take an internet phenomenon like liminal spaces and pick apart that fascination, studying what prompts the uncanny allure and transforming his findings into a complete, complex thesis.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Here, the angle being measured is not between the observer and two distant objects, but rather the stars are being read as if they were the hands of a clock.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton