onlookers

Example Sentences

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The combination probably explains the excessive growth, turning the water surface an opaque green and preventing onlookers from seeing the new blue hue of the concrete basin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Did Gordon Granger, an otherwise obscure Union Army general, really stroll into Galveston and read a decree from Abraham Lincoln declaring, to a sea of onlookers, that all enslaved people were now officially free?

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026

One viral video showed a branch of beloved fast-food chain Jollibee in General Santos City collapsing as onlookers watched in horror.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Guests were separated from the street by large black panels, while onlookers and tourists were able to enjoy the show live from the sidewalk as it was broadcast across screens in the famed neighborhood.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

A dozen onlookers and a policeman all tried to crowd into the restaurant.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers