onlooker

Example Sentences

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Another onlooker, 18-year-old Zoe Perez, was on the verge of tears.

From Barron's • May 6, 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 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