onlooker

Example Sentences

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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

During one of their batting sessions at Oak Park High, Todd was challenged to a race around the bases by an onlooker.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Moments later, another onlooker approached Sliwa and urged him to drop out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

It was just the way she said it, suddenly so false even an onlooker, if there’d been one, would have seen through it.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro