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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Players would mostly train in the evenings and play in front of a few spectators.
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Imagine thousands of spectators gathered together, watching in awe as hundreds of torches sway and flicker along the streets, filling the air with lively chants and a festive spirit.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 22 Sep. 2025
Here, in the middle of the descending theater floor and surrounded by an intimate circle of seated spectators, Jelinek manipulated the high, rounded pitches of a modular synthesizer to resemble the whistle of a dropping bomb.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
At ten venues around the city, outdoors and indoors, more than four hundred films were shown, drawing a hundred and forty thousand spectators, some of whom even Farinelli may not have known.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Imagine thousands of spectators gathered together, watching in awe as hundreds of torches sway and flicker along the streets, filling the air with lively chants and a festive spirit.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 22 Sep. 2025
Here, in the middle of the descending theater floor and surrounded by an intimate circle of seated spectators, Jelinek manipulated the high, rounded pitches of a modular synthesizer to resemble the whistle of a dropping bomb.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
At ten venues around the city, outdoors and indoors, more than four hundred films were shown, drawing a hundred and forty thousand spectators, some of whom even Farinelli may not have known.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 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 30 Sep. 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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