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

Eberechi Eze has almost been a bystander in comparison, despite the fanfare that greeted his £60m arrival from Crystal Palace in August, stolen away from Spurs at the 11th hour.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 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

At first the general opinion was that I was merely an unlucky bystander, or that I had somehow pried the wheel off the church.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss