Examples of onlooker in a Sentence
Curious onlookers watched the ceremony.
An onlooker noticed the disturbance.
A crowd of onlookers gathered at the fire.
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Agents then placed her in the back of an unmarked gray Chrysler minivan with tinted windows as onlookers yelled at them.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Experts and onlookers have questioned with growing concern whether these strikes are legal, and whether military lawyers that the Pentagon has encouraged commanders to ignore had signed off on the operations.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
In 1887, the highest ranking official in the land, President Grover Cleveland, spoke from its balcony to a crowd of onlookers estimated at 5,000.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Previous demonstrations of quantum advantage have been surpassed as classical algorithms have improved, so onlookers are cautious.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Experts and onlookers have questioned with growing concern whether these strikes are legal, and whether military lawyers that the Pentagon has encouraged commanders to ignore had signed off on the operations.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
In 1887, the highest ranking official in the land, President Grover Cleveland, spoke from its balcony to a crowd of onlookers estimated at 5,000.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Previous demonstrations of quantum advantage have been surpassed as classical algorithms have improved, so onlookers are cautious.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
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