onlooker

[US]/'ɒnlʊkə/
[UK]/'ɑnlʊkɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. spectator, viewer

Example Sentences

A crowd of onlookers formed around the fight.

he was beaten to the ground as onlookers stood by.

After the crash,onlookers said that the plane had suddenly dropped down out of the sky.

The combination of cranes, scissor lifts and fork lifts appeared to onlookers like a new form of dodgem cars.

In one trial, a white, goateed, middle-aged man came up as most resembling the young black comedian Chris Tucker — and onlookers exclaimed, "You know, I can see that."

Real-world Examples

In the second one, you're an onlooker as well.

Source: Harvard University Open Course "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?"

His craft may seem easy to an onlooker.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Thousands of onlookers cheered their new king.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

Onlookers would cheer them on from balconies above.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

" Chocolate bunny-thieving robbers rapidly attract the outrage of onlookers."

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

The onlookers respond with a mix of fascination and horror.

Source: BBC documentary "Civilization"

A game of cricket underway with a few onlookers resting on rocky ground.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2021 Collection

To an onlooker her beauty would have made her feelings almost seem reasonable.

Source: Returning Home

Suddenly the frozen onlookers began to squirm. Del Yocam had to go first.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

They are asking people onlookers, people who are looking at them from the windows of their houses to join them.

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2018

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