onlooker
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- onlooking adjective
Etymology
Origin of onlooker
Example Sentences
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As night began to fall, search and rescue teams lit large floodlights to continue their search for the missing, while police and military officers dispersed the hundreds of onlookers for fear of another strike.
From Barron's
But for now the guards mostly encounter moose, bears and some curious onlookers.
From Barron's
Any rational onlooker would assume that the Trojans had held on for good, dispatching of the Ducks.
From Los Angeles Times
That was the line belted out by the commentator as Joel Fearon stunned onlookers by running the 100m in under 10 seconds - breaking one of the most revered barriers in sport.
From BBC
Millions of onlookers are attached to their screens, united in their desperation for any new breadcrumb in the case.
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