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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Passengers’ video showed that at one point during the roughly six-minute hold, Neely tapped an onlooker’s leg and gestured to him.
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Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
And there’s Teeny doing a mocking sarcasm clap, which is my second favorite type of clap, after an inspirational movie slow clap that starts as a solitary person in a crowd and then spreads like wildfire into a full assault of applause by a large grip of onlookers.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
For example, Blunt, Erivo and Yeoh’s outfits, among others, earned rave reviews from red-carpet onlookers.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Over the past five weeks of the trial, which began on Sept. 2 in Avignon, the five judges—and aghast onlookers from around the world—have had the chance to hear from several of Dominique Pelicot’s 50 codefendants, most of whom have been charged with aggravated rape.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
And there’s Teeny doing a mocking sarcasm clap, which is my second favorite type of clap, after an inspirational movie slow clap that starts as a solitary person in a crowd and then spreads like wildfire into a full assault of applause by a large grip of onlookers.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
For example, Blunt, Erivo and Yeoh’s outfits, among others, earned rave reviews from red-carpet onlookers.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Over the past five weeks of the trial, which began on Sept. 2 in Avignon, the five judges—and aghast onlookers from around the world—have had the chance to hear from several of Dominique Pelicot’s 50 codefendants, most of whom have been charged with aggravated rape.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onlooker. Accessed 19 Dec. 2024.
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onlooker
noun
on·look·er
ˈȯn-ˌlu̇k-ər 
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