Examples of onlooker in a Sentence
Curious onlookers watched the ceremony.
An onlooker noticed the disturbance.
A crowd of onlookers gathered at the fire.
Recent Examples on the Web
And while the team has upgraded his protection with free-agent guards Robert Hunt and Damien Lewis and his weapon arsenal with wideout Diontae Johnson, the offensive depth chart is still seen as a sore thumb by most onlookers.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
The plans are ambitious: a 3.5-mile boat parade along the Seine before as many as 325,000 onlookers on the river’s banks.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
One onlooker on the hilltop is Oren Chen, 26, who recently returned to the city and was kept up on his first night back by the booms of war.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
The 4,000-plus onlookers were there to watch the college rugby regular-season match of the year.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Ahead of competing for the nation this summer, onlookers at the Carlsbad 5000 waved Mexican flags for Galvan on Sunday.
—Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
Sand verbena, desert sunflowers and desert primrose recently dazzled onlookers along Henderson Canyon Road in Borrego Springs, an area famed for wildflowers in San Diego County.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The path of totality, where onlookers can witness the moon fully blocking the sun (through eclipse viewing glasses for safety), is expected to first make landfall near the city of Mazatlán around 9:51 a.m.
—Sarah Maddox, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
In other anecdotes, onlookers have reported birds that stop singing, crickets that stopped chirping, or bees that return to their hive, reduce their foraging, or suspend their flight during total darkness.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
The plans are ambitious: a 3.5-mile boat parade along the Seine before as many as 325,000 onlookers on the river’s banks.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
One onlooker on the hilltop is Oren Chen, 26, who recently returned to the city and was kept up on his first night back by the booms of war.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
The 4,000-plus onlookers were there to watch the college rugby regular-season match of the year.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Ahead of competing for the nation this summer, onlookers at the Carlsbad 5000 waved Mexican flags for Galvan on Sunday.
—Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
Sand verbena, desert sunflowers and desert primrose recently dazzled onlookers along Henderson Canyon Road in Borrego Springs, an area famed for wildflowers in San Diego County.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The path of totality, where onlookers can witness the moon fully blocking the sun (through eclipse viewing glasses for safety), is expected to first make landfall near the city of Mazatlán around 9:51 a.m.
—Sarah Maddox, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
In other anecdotes, onlookers have reported birds that stop singing, crickets that stopped chirping, or bees that return to their hive, reduce their foraging, or suspend their flight during total darkness.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
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