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 mission, the first for an all-female space crew since 1963, was marketed as a feminist landmark − a chance to see mothers and female storytellers launch toward the heavens.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Why, many onlookers have asked, should an orchestra or opera company gobble up millions of dollars from wealthy sponsors to subsidize the salaries of musicians who mainly perform music by white men from centuries past, music for which (judging by ticket sales) demand is limited?
—Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Curious onlookers watched as large alligators and crocodiles with muzzled snouts were unloaded from the rail cars, along with hundreds of smaller ones.
—Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Photos taken of family members, celebrities, sketchbooks, and Pokémon cards are displayed so onlookers can further understand his journey of vulnerability from adolescence to now.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
Why, many onlookers have asked, should an orchestra or opera company gobble up millions of dollars from wealthy sponsors to subsidize the salaries of musicians who mainly perform music by white men from centuries past, music for which (judging by ticket sales) demand is limited?
—Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Curious onlookers watched as large alligators and crocodiles with muzzled snouts were unloaded from the rail cars, along with hundreds of smaller ones.
—Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Photos taken of family members, celebrities, sketchbooks, and Pokémon cards are displayed so onlookers can further understand his journey of vulnerability from adolescence to now.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
ˈän-
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