onlooker

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Sunday's spectacle drew crowds of hundreds, with onlooker Richard Bode, 34, calling the event a "once-in-a-lifetime experience."

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 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

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