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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Very late, a few onlookers drove up and scanned the entrance until police shooed them away.
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Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
The fifth-floor courtroom of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center was jam-packed with media and onlookers as well as prosecutors and defense reps.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
For onlookers, the investigation has provided limited clues and false starts, most recently with the recovery of a backpack that proved fruitless.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
There, the former Dodgers star again grunted (and cursed) loudly a few times while impressing onlookers with his command and movement.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
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Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
The fifth-floor courtroom of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center was jam-packed with media and onlookers as well as prosecutors and defense reps.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
For onlookers, the investigation has provided limited clues and false starts, most recently with the recovery of a backpack that proved fruitless.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
There, the former Dodgers star again grunted (and cursed) loudly a few times while impressing onlookers with his command and movement.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
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