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

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

An onlooker warned the agents, “You gonna let him die.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

What he means is that he doesn’t want to be merely an onlooker, that there’s no room for him in all that, and he’s right.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood