spectator
noun
spec·ta·tor
ˈspek-ˌtā-tər 
spek-ˈtā-
1
: one who looks on or watches
2
: a shoe having contrasting colors with a perforated design at the toe and sometimes heel
spectator
adjective
Examples of spectator in a Sentence
The spectators lining the road cheered the racers on.
The accident attracted a large crowd of spectators.
I wasn't a participant in the preparations, merely a spectator.
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Instead, spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will forever tell tales of his audacious 60 off just 65 balls.
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Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
There were bleachers for spectators, food trucks, a band playing live music, the Indy500 Gordon Pipers playing bagpipes, a kids zone and a beer garden for the adults.
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The final edition of GP Explorer was its most ambitious date with some 200,000 spectators participating in person in Le Mans across the event, with tickets starting at €69 ($80) for the race days on Saturday and Sunday.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Combs greets family seated in the gallery Sean 'Diddy' Combs’s mother, Janice Combs, and his six adult children are seated in the spectators’ gallery in court for his sentencing today.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
There were bleachers for spectators, food trucks, a band playing live music, the Indy500 Gordon Pipers playing bagpipes, a kids zone and a beer garden for the adults.
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The final edition of GP Explorer was its most ambitious date with some 200,000 spectators participating in person in Le Mans across the event, with tickets starting at €69 ($80) for the race days on Saturday and Sunday.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Combs greets family seated in the gallery Sean 'Diddy' Combs’s mother, Janice Combs, and his six adult children are seated in the spectators’ gallery in court for his sentencing today.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spectator
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“Spectator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spectator. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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spectator
noun
spec·ta·tor
ˈspek-ˌtāt-ər
spek-ˈtāt-
: a person who looks on (as at a sports event)
spectator
adjective
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