onlooker

Example Sentences

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The King and Queen arrived last and one onlooker was heard shouting "God bless the King".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“I’m just trying to go to dinner,” she tells the camera in a video captured by an onlooker, “and I’ve asked these people several times to get away from me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 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

One onlooker was a former alderman, James H. Hildreth.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy