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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The star wowed red carpet onlookers in this ravishing and revealing shredded gown from Christian Dior.
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Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
Flanked by his parents George and Peggy, DiCaprio was inside the ballroom around onlookers for about 15 minutes.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
An onlooker desperately performed CPR on the victim, and medics took him to Jamaica Hospital, but he couldn’t be saved.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
The agent, later identified as Ross, pointed his camera at an onlooker later identified as Good’s wife, Becca Good, who pointed her cellphone back at him.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
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Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
Flanked by his parents George and Peggy, DiCaprio was inside the ballroom around onlookers for about 15 minutes.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
An onlooker desperately performed CPR on the victim, and medics took him to Jamaica Hospital, but he couldn’t be saved.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
The agent, later identified as Ross, pointed his camera at an onlooker later identified as Good’s wife, Becca Good, who pointed her cellphone back at him.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
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