onlooker

Example Sentences

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“How’s the weather been?” he asked one onlooker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Sunday's spectacle drew crowds of hundreds, with onlooker Richard Bode, 34, calling the event a "once-in-a-lifetime experience."

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

An onlooker warned the agents, “You gonna let him die.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

The video continues with Rhymes — real name Trevor Smith Jr. — requesting an onlooker put down their camera and asking the alleged fan to explain himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

It was a little bit like shaping a wild, natural landscape into identifiable patterns for the benefit of the human onlooker.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall