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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As spectators, we are cursed to be onlookers — powerless to help, despite our desire to.
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Blake Simons, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
But that depiction was picked apart by a vast array of online onlookers, from law enforcement experts to ordinary Instagram users, some of whom replayed the videos frame by frame and zoomed in to show the episode in frightening detail.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
Passers-by at Orange County Convention Center became onlookers.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
Hundreds of onlookers gathered on the central Piazza della Repubblica, protected by several Italian police forces, to pay their respects to the couturier after a two-day wake concluded the evening before.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
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Blake Simons, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
But that depiction was picked apart by a vast array of online onlookers, from law enforcement experts to ordinary Instagram users, some of whom replayed the videos frame by frame and zoomed in to show the episode in frightening detail.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
Passers-by at Orange County Convention Center became onlookers.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
Hundreds of onlookers gathered on the central Piazza della Repubblica, protected by several Italian police forces, to pay their respects to the couturier after a two-day wake concluded the evening before.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
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