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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Almost every week there are VHS swaps across the city, where collectors and vendors, who connect on social media apps like Instagram, come together to offer tapes to both seasoned and curious onlookers.
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
For almost 60 years, this was one of the city's least inviting landmarks, with increasingly stringent security deterring even the most placid of curious onlookers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Its excellent shape and contours deliver nicely for onlookers while serving the owner’s space and comfortability requirements.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
To investigate what happened, Zoe drives the long, bumpy roads to The Davis Mountains Resort, a rural subdivision, to talk to a cast of Rick’s neighbors and onlookers who watched the story of the standoff play out in real time.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
For almost 60 years, this was one of the city's least inviting landmarks, with increasingly stringent security deterring even the most placid of curious onlookers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Its excellent shape and contours deliver nicely for onlookers while serving the owner’s space and comfortability requirements.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
To investigate what happened, Zoe drives the long, bumpy roads to The Davis Mountains Resort, a rural subdivision, to talk to a cast of Rick’s neighbors and onlookers who watched the story of the standoff play out in real time.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
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