onlooker

Example Sentences

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The King and Queen arrived last and one onlooker was heard shouting "God bless the King".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Any rational onlooker would assume that the Trojans had held on for good, dispatching of the Ducks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

Nix had surgery last week and was an onlooker as the Broncos fell to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game on Sunday.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

The appalling broad orange-and-green check of the jacket and trousers almost blinded the onlooker.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl