onlooking
Americanadjective
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looking on; observing; perceiving.
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looking onward or foreboding.
Etymology
Origin of onlooking
1655–65; on + looking ( def. ), after verb phrase look on
Example Sentences
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But she eventually brushed herself down and stunned the onlooking crowd with her spellbinding third run, her coach bursting into tears at the realisation of what Choi had achieved.
From BBC
But Choi's score - met by both cheers and gasps of shock from the onlooking crowd - piled the pressure on Kim, only for a fall to ensure she would leave an Olympics with silver for the very first time.
From BBC
Hojlund and Mainoo were the two stars of this mixed United show - even outshining the onlooking idol enjoying his day out in Bedfordshire.
From BBC
On Sept. 19, 2018, South Korea's defence minister and his North Korean counterpart signed the CMA in the North's capital, Pyongyang, accompanied by polite applause from the onlooking leaders.
From Reuters
Then you have the onlooking play, where they're beginning to think, "Hm, I wonder what somebody else is doing."
From Salon
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