spectator

Example Sentences

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"I got a special invitation to go inside Feltham Prison in 2011 to watch a match as the only spectator," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

In the past two years, spending on live events, excluding spectator sports, has shot up by $10 billion to a total of $60 billion.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The spectator, on the other hand, is a cause for concern, she added.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

What the more casual spectator wants, and gets, is a highly dramatic, bingeable distillation of a sport that involves multimillion-dollar cars going in eccentric circles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

If a curious spectator had walked into courtroom 509 in the Travis County Courthouse in Austin the next day without knowing a single detail of the case, it would not have mattered.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger