onlooker
spectator; observer; witness.
Origin of onlooker
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How to use onlooker in a sentence
Saks get 500,000 windows onlookers per day—a total of 25 million for the entire season.
The self-styled ‘Art Criminal’ dazzled onlookers and made history when he tightrope walked between the WTC towers 40 years ago.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope | Anthony Haden-Guest | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1386, the crowd of onlookers was cowed into silence by the threat of losing a hand.
The ‘GOT’ Red Viper and Mountain Duel, and a History of Medieval Trial by Combat | Steven Isaac | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe performances that shook Kansas City's underground culture decades ago still continues to fascinate onlookers today.
Private Birthday Party: A Look at Kansas City’s Long Lost Drag Queens | Erin Cunningham | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sea of onlookers squealed at the command to “get ready for the best eight minutes of music.”
Eight Minutes at Macaulay Culkin’s Pizza Party | Caitlin Dickson | December 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The intensity of this drama, however, being interior, caused little outward disturbance that casual onlookers need have noticed.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodWe gather from the expression, "without the slightest hitch," that not one of the onlookers made any effort to save the lady.
They were simply onlookers; they were unarmed, and were merely there to witness the queen's punishment.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)All around the base of the mound ran a processional road, so that their majesties could drive under the eye of the onlookers.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianConsumers stood gray and inconspicuous behind the two rows of uniformed men, silent, unsmiling, like onlookers at an accident.
The Great Potlatch Riots | Allen Kim Lang
British Dictionary definitions for onlooker
/ (ˈɒnˌlʊkə) /
a person who observes without taking part
Derived forms of onlooker
- onlooking, adjective
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