Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that looks on; a spectator or bystander.
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- noun A
spectator ; someone looks on orwatches , without becoming involved or participating.
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Examples
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If it were at all a likeness, the woman who gazed frankly out upon the onlooker from the card-mount must have been a striking creature indeed.
SEMPER IDEM 2010
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Reading as an onlooker is such a treat and Elizabeth Baines positions the fulcrum of each story with absolute precision and then, with the most feather-weight whispers, proceeds to tip the balance of power first one way then the next.
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Reading as an onlooker is such a treat and Elizabeth Baines positions the fulcrum of each story with absolute precision and then, with the most feather-weight whispers, proceeds to tip the balance of power first one way then the next.
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Reading as an onlooker is such a treat and Elizabeth Baines positions the fulcrum of each story with absolute precision and then, with the most feather-weight whispers, proceeds to tip the balance of power first one way then the next.
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Motives matter greatly, however, in onlooker judgments about acts of terrorism.
Think Progress » Bush Meets Privately With Think Tank Promoting Military Strike On Iran 2006
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Unless some sober onlooker is keeping track for you (or a guy with an iron bladder takes it very seriously), chances are you're going to lose track of what number you're on when someone goes to the bathroom.
A Very Manly Game 2005
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If it were at all a likeness, the woman who gazed frankly out upon the onlooker from the card-mount must have been a striking creature indeed.
Semper Idem 1911
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Most infuriating to the onlooker was the fact that Minto Mrs. Moore never gave the faintest hint of gratitude: indeed she regarded herself as J's benefactor: presumably on the grounds that she had rescued him from the twin evils of bachelordom and matrimony at one fell swoop!
On Mrs. Moore Arevanye 2006
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Most infuriating to the onlooker was the fact that Minto Mrs. Moore never gave the faintest hint of gratitude: indeed she regarded herself as J's benefactor: presumably on the grounds that she had rescued him from the twin evils of bachelordom and matrimony at one fell swoop!
Archive 2006-01-01 Arevanye 2006
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He was a trick rider, and all the spectacular feats that appealed to the onlooker were his.
Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West William MacLeod Raine 1912
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