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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Photos and video posted by onlookers to social media show the bison appear to thrash around before slipping into the spring's waters, behind a curtain of steam.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Life continues in a city center, even if a Hollywood star is performing for free, and the crowd is carefully controlled, allowing onlookers to pass by unimpeded, albeit blinking upwards in bemusement.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
Hamill pedalled the square-wheeled trike, waving to onlookers.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
With the advent of commercial aviation growing to the mass market, the Show was moved to Le Bourget field, the landing site of Lindbergh’s historic solo transatlantic crossing in May 1927, where he was greeted by a crowd of over one hundred thousand onlookers.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Life continues in a city center, even if a Hollywood star is performing for free, and the crowd is carefully controlled, allowing onlookers to pass by unimpeded, albeit blinking upwards in bemusement.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
Hamill pedalled the square-wheeled trike, waving to onlookers.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
With the advent of commercial aviation growing to the mass market, the Show was moved to Le Bourget field, the landing site of Lindbergh’s historic solo transatlantic crossing in May 1927, where he was greeted by a crowd of over one hundred thousand onlookers.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
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