bystander
Example Sentences
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When his children, Pista and Eva, take part in the failed 1956 revolution against the Soviet-backed government, Lajos is mostly an exhausted bystander.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
"My big issue was what I called 'the bystander effect', which I've direct evidence of," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
And, finally, your brother-in-law is not an objective bystander.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026
“We’re with you!” a bystander can be heard telling her in the video as others blow emergency whistles.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
May 10—I asked Professor Nemur about it, and he insists that I’m an innocent bystander and there’s no reason for me to become involved in what would be an unpleasant situation.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Vocabulary lists containing bystander
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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Because They Marched
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