How To Use Onlooker In A Sentence

Hundreds of male onlookers surged forward, collapsing the barriers all along the race track.
Onlookers who had gathered hoping to see the future of postal deliveries were showered with singed letters falling from the sky.
An onlooker yesterday said: 'It was hilarious. The Sun
At half-past seven the onlookers had retired to safe positions five or six hundred yards away.
They are burnt, diced or melted in acid in front of onlookers who react with polite applause.

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Bemused onlookers were even more surprised when they saw central bankers dishing out free champagne and hot toddies to their shivering customers.
He had dressed them in dark lounge suits to try to convince onlookers that they were businessmen. Times, Sunday Times
After years mouldering in stone, the ancient explosive was finally sent off with a bang as the two-man bomb squad safely detonated it in a farmer's field at around 11 pm before a small crowd of onlookers.
It was then a frantic race to the finish as the excited onlookers cheered the teams over the line.
Anyone caught with a copy was flogged in the stadium before a jeering crowd of onlookers.
The onlookers stood aside to let the paramedics through.
The show attracted not only ardent dog lovers but curious onlookers too who possessed little knowledge about the dogs.
The female escaped but the male deer suffered appalling injuries as it tried to get away from the crowds of jeering onlookers.
Startled onlookers saw officers arm themselves and take up positions in front of the house.
The amusement of the onlookers changed to gaping wonder when they saw him deliberately bore a hole in the bottom of the boat near the bow, after which, fixing up some kind of derrick, he tipped the boat so that the water she had taken in at the stern ran out in front, and she floated safely over the dam. The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
The rough hand of the New World had been laid upon the Scotsman from his boyhood; but sterling honesty was written in every line of his bitter-seamed face, while a prognathous jaw proclaimed to the onlooker that honesty was the best policy, -- for the onlooker at any rate, should he wish to do business with the owner of the jaw. CHAPTER 6
The scheme was not an unqualified success, with persistent abuse and mockery from drivers and onlookers. Times, Sunday Times
Onlookers used to the swagger of pre-Red Millbrook days hardly recognised the dimmed round-shouldered slinker as the wolf of the tracks, the sexual predator that had set alarmed mothers scurrying protectively after their chicks. The Elvis Latte
Yet just a day before his death he had performed a rehearsal in Los Angeles that had left onlookers stunned by its quality. Times, Sunday Times
His motorcade arrived at the back of the hotel but a small crowd of onlookers spotted him.
Crowds of onlookers then flooded the park in celebration for the festival's family fun day.
For aught that I can tell, it went really well, particularly after I got on to the second roll, which I used to shoot, among other things, the crowd of avid onlookers for whom the result of the match seemed to matter so much.
The marchers distributed handbills to onlookers, pedestrians, commuters and motorists inviting them to the crusade at sites nearest to their homes.
In entertainment news, everyone - including his publicist - is concerned that Tom Cruise's cheese has slipped off his cracker, as he gambols about the country, behaving untowardly on Oprah, and setting up tents in Germany to convert onlookers to Scientology. Ocean to ocean
Onlookers watched as he rounded on the loo worker in a foul-mouthed rant at the afterparty. The Sun
One horrified onlooker said: 'The ice could have cracked at any time. The Sun
After the crash,onlookers said that the plane had suddenly dropped down out of the sky.
The onlooker said:'The officer then put him in handcuffs. The Sun
Connected by an air line to a surface boat, he entered the loch as a crowd of onlookers cheered him on.
The river banks were frequently lined with curious onlookers who struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
The car crawled at 11 miles per hour, as excited onlookers cheered the smiling President and his glamorous wife.
Perhaps more than anything else it was the swiftness of the company's demise that stunned so many onlookers.
Disgusted onlookers claimed the driver was more concerned about his car than about the victim.
Faces half covered, long curving scimitars sheathed at their sides, they walked along the narrow, trodden path, from which all onlookers hastily cleared.
Onlookers said the water was only knee-deep in the part of the lagoon where he fell in.
Yet again, while trying to appeal to the world's most sophisticated market, the impression is of Scots doing what we do best - squabbling and brawling with each other while shocked onlookers avert their gaze.
After years mouldering in stone, the ancient explosive was finally sent off with a bang as the two-man bomb squad safely detonated it in a farmer's field at around 11 pm before a small crowd of onlookers.
In many cases this description is still apt for onlookers.
Slam on the edge of space, "Bull one-on-one" game has ignited the passion of the fans, any player playing inextricably linked, and the crowd of onlookers have lost by the players are eager.
Workers set about fixing the tacky decorations on lampposts as stunned onlookers enjoyed the summer sunshine. The Sun
To the onlookers below, it seemed as if a second sun lurched drunkenly through the sky, from which blazing goddesses descended and ascended while thunderbolts flashed and pealed.
Once brought under control by the mahouts, it lumbered across the river - this time to a fusillade of stones and rotting fruit thrown by the now vengeful onlookers.
The meets begin with an inspection, by drivers and onlookers, under the hoods of the cars.
The river banks were frequently lined with curious onlookers who struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
(I really do see it for a moment as I first stood here) - oupa nkosi & paul botes are the photographers. (mail&guardian, south africa) the onlookers. ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
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
But onlookers said that he appeared gaunt and thin. Times, Sunday Times
An onlooker said: 'She was clearly absolutely livid to have been voted out first. The Sun
Curious onlookers soon went back to their work, mumbling quietly to themselves.
Minutes later he was back to hand the baton to the next runner who set off towards Smithy Bridge as smiling onlookers applauded and yelled their support.
Onlookers were struck by her shrinking waistline and claimed the British beauty had been slimming. The Sun
It is, in fact, the immobility and abstraction of the Discharged Soldier that disconcerts the onlooker: no visibility is to be found here in the eye of the seer. The Ordinary Sky: Wordsworth, Blanchot, and the Writing of Disaster
There were three farriers in action, shoeing horses and making the horseshoes, much to the fascination of onlookers.
Lining one side of the Forum are stone Medusa faces with eyes that still bedevil the onlooker, whilst at the far end, under a columned portico, the remains of a Roman bar recall present-day cafes in Florentine or Venetian piazzas.
Only the gentle buzz of the mechanical shears kind, the chatter of 300 onlookers and the odd sheep's bleat could be heard as 33 of the Mid West's best shearers took part in Geraldton first speed shearing competition.
But all these slips and falls by students and mostly teachers provided great entertainment for the onlookers.
Before the lying in state began, the coffin was carried through the streets on a horse-drawn carriage as thousand of onlookers lined the pavements.
This sow seemed unconcerned with the onlookers, being more than content just to keep an eye on her new litter of piglets.
I pour out a box of black projectile powder, much to the alarm of the two onlookers, and fill it up with my treasures.
An onlooker yesterday said: 'It was hilarious. The Sun
To their amazement, he completed the course without hitting anything, to applause from onlookers. Times, Sunday Times
a crowd of bemused onlookers
The Oscar-winning actor and the sexy actress were seen at Miami Beach's Prime 112 restaurant looking very much the couple, while onlookers claim they were canoodling during a recent night out at Amika Loft Lounge and Discotheque..
Tears rolled down the cheeks of onlookers as Rahul garlanded the statue of his grandmother.
Ten thousand onlookers are expected at the musical beachfront finale today, so think twice about taking your towel. Times, Sunday Times
Tourists took pictures as the banners and flags filed past police cordons; curious onlookers gazed from hotel balconies.
He was smiling and waving at the onlookers, wearing a shabby business suit with an exceptionally loud tie.
The latter pastime, of jumping into the sea from cliff edges, is called tombstoning by the people who do it, but ‘bloody stupid’ by onlookers.
In Tokyo there are electronic advertising hoardings that can identify whether an onlooker is male or female, altering the product on offer to suit. Times, Sunday Times
Disgusted onlookers claimed the driver was more concerned about his car than about the victim.
One more tiny anecdote that proves that being the deliverer is much better than being the onlooker – when my first grandchild was born, I got to be in the delivery room. Oh, Hai, Person With The Childbirth Horror Videos? DO NOT SHOW ME THEM | Her Bad Mother
Onlookers said the wood and brick building was ablaze in minutes. The Sun
The extrovert elephant seal shocked onlookers by springing into action while photographers tried to capture a group of royal penguins at Saint Andrew's Bay near The Falklands.
It's just the usual shouting and milling about, with the surreal addition of onlookers jostling to take photographs. Times, Sunday Times
If Moore's work is examined in the context of the revival as a whole, however, he emerges as an onlooker, a collator, rather than an active fieldworker.
Connected by an air line to a surface boat, he entered the loch as a crowd of onlookers cheered him on.
The female escaped but the male deer suffered appalling injuries as it tried to get away from the crowds of jeering onlookers.
He sketched a little bow to the other onlookers before coming back to Jill.
Still, skeptics maintain that the stigmatics are pulling the wool over onlookers 'eyes. ABC News: ABCNews
As outlined in the introduction, postcards showing air travel-related subjects attempt to raise positive associations between the onlooker and the airlines.
This was achieved by turning half away with a repressed sigh so that the onlooker observed the profile which photographed very pleasingly.
Several curious onlookers turn their heads towards the direction of the laughter.
The police and paramilitary forces arrived and the club field swarmed with khaki-clad security personnel and curious onlookers.
A crowd of curious onlookers soon gathered to see what was happening.
Disgusted onlookers claimed the driver was more concerned about his car than about the victim.
For all its dark intensity, What Animal is a measured, almost quiet collection; if we come to the book as bewildered onlookers, we leave understanding the yak's sorrow is much like our own.
An onlooker revealed, ‘They were cuddling, canoodling and kissing.’
But this time through, we removed each item individually, bringing to our labor an attention that an onlooker would have found comical. GENIE ON THE LOOSE
The cringing onlookers were left in no doubt that these two rivals do not like each other one bit.
The concept of county supervisor as onlooker is presented throughout the proposed charter.
Disgusted onlookers claimed the driver was more concerned about his car than about the victim.
The singer's spotty skin shocked onlookers as it emerged she is to return to rehab, this time abroad. The Sun
However the garment is covered in 'magic eye '-style animal prints and abstract patterns which confuse the eye so onlookers can only see a solid block of fabric.
His innovative style of riding the waves, in which fluidity and elegance were matched by spontaneity and creativity, left onlookers gasping with admiration. Times, Sunday Times
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
You may continue to exceed onlookers expectations but always fall short of the boss'expectations.
It is, in the medieval sense of the term, a masterpiece - meaning, an exemplification of talents and acquirements, offered by their possessor as a gift to the onlooker, and a proof of attainment.
The onlookers were amazed, and kibitzers began to gather.
What really strikes the crowd of onlookers is that this unthinkable thing has taken place and nothing happens.
For many onlookers the question is who is in control? Times, Sunday Times
As I moved closer to observe, the policemen told curious onlookers not to come near.
The river banks were frequently lined with curious onlookers who struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
Onlookers said the wood and brick building was ablaze in minutes. The Sun
To sceptical onlookers the ceremony may appear to be a clubbish assertion of papal power. Times, Sunday Times
Onlookers said the wood and brick building was ablaze in minutes. The Sun
The atmosphere is one of bonhomie and hundreds of onlookers, unmindful of the heavy downpour, savour every moment of this unique ritual.
Huge conger, pollack, ling, cod and coalfish were regularly pulled up the steps to the old Angling Centre and weighed in front of big crowds of onlookers.
Her husband Jack was moved to tears as onlookers watched him unveil the plaque and lay her ashes to rest.
He ripped off his shoes, shoving them in his belt, then pelted forward, knocking startled onlookers aside.
Tossing is not the sort of pastime any fellow would choose for fun, not if he were the party to be tossed, though it is a beanfeast for the onlookers. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front
infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy
She blew a kiss to the onlookers.
The onlookers expected to see a swift Union victory, and return to the capital in time for dinner. Times, Sunday Times
The camera then proceeds to pan around to a small group of onlookers witnessing the execution.
He was a trick rider, and all the spectacular feats that appealed to the onlooker were his. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West
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
There were three farriers in action, shoeing horses and making the horseshoes, much to the fascination of onlookers.
His motorcade arrived at the back of the hotel but a small crowd of onlookers spotted him.
Odious candles fumed and dribbled a sooty wax upon some (though by no means all) of these tables, and a green and orange lampion with a torn shade swung in the center of the room, seeming to tremble at the high-pitched anger of the voices below it The backs of jostling onlookers obscured what was taking place there. Nightside The Long Sun
He was, I believe, drawn by an American artist, and his face and clothes had a vaguely American appearance, which, in the region of subconscious association, further suggested to most onlookers the idea of Tammany Human Nature in Politics Third Edition
Meanwhile, a mysterious male onlooker watches from behind. Times, Sunday Times
The director of operations at the city council, stunned onlookers last year when he grabbed a loudhailer and started yelling at people to pick up their rubbish.
But it was the opening event that had drawn a healthy crowd of onlookers.
Crowds of onlookers lined the street in anticipation, most waving the US or the Rebel flag.
Being unlovely has been a deliberate strategy employed by all sides during the conflict, a way to terrorise and shock opponents and onlookers alike. There is the obviously appalling aspect of the troubles that left over 3000 people dead.
This greatly disarranged their curls and bonnet-caps, with much edification of onlookers from below.
The funny thing is that all around them, there will be a mewing crowd of onlookers, watching.
The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight.
The word rippled among the onlookers, softly at first and then louder as it reached the outer edge of the group. Vulcan’s Glory
Needless to say the top was always crowded with male onlookers.
But he surprised onlookers with the chain's proactive stance on the smoking ban. Times, Sunday Times
Huge conger, pollack, ling, cod and coalfish were regularly pulled up the steps to the old Angling Centre and weighed in front of big crowds of onlookers.
Fortunately for other motorists on the busy road, there were no outrageous stunts and nobody was meddling with the traffic lights to foil the police, but onlookers agreed it was still an impressive sight.
A black-robed priest offered what words of consolation and comfort he could to distraught onlookers as more than 20 ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals.
One worried onlooker said: 'He was going full pelt. The Sun
Her three-piece cream ensemble, complete with sequins and matching hat, drew gasps of admiration from the large crowd of onlookers.
The river banks were frequently lined with curious onlookers who struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
The music Hot 8 performed that day hearkened back to the social aid and pleasure clubs, said Pete, where a well-dressed band led a parade down the street, forming the “first line,” while onlookers joined them to form the “second line” with strutting, jumping and high-stepping underneath their decorated parasols as they blew whistles and waved feathered fans. Archive 2010-08-01
But they were unaware of a shocked onlooker. The Sun
The embarrassed Hunt promptly rushes over to apologise to a stunned onlooker who is hit by the brass bell. Times, Sunday Times
His helpers, wearing bright yellow jackets, tinsel and antlers, carried on through the streets of Welling as best they could but onlookers could not help but be disappointed at his non-appearance.
A crowd of onlookers had gathered at the training pitch of Austria's most successful modern football club.
Fishermen launch their boats and sell their fresh catch daily by the shores to eager onlookers. Times, Sunday Times
The onlookers are painted in muddy greens and browns, facial features exaggerated into primitive masks, mouths agape or obliterated altogether.
Paramedics tried to cover him up so onlookers including a TV camera crew couldn't ID him, the Web site claimed.
That makes the in-color onlooker the heteroclite, and the urbane aesthetic cellist the metroclite. Heteroclite.
Uninitiated onlookers could be forgiven for thinking that maybe the wearer had crawled or climbed over a barbed wire fence that took its toll upon the rugged garment.
Shocked onlookers said red wine was hurled and security guards had to intervene. The Sun
The open-air-stage in one of the roads in Pykara was no impediment to the passers-by who turned onlookers after the tear-jerking tale of ‘Kalyani’ shook them, especially the women segment.
The eyes, the facial lines which they gather into one, seem ready to follow the coming motion of the discus as those of an onlooker might be; [289] but that head does not really belong to the discobolus. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays
By day, eight stainless steel towers double as giant columns of waterfall, but on the hour, after dark, they explode into gas fireballs amid gasps from astonished onlookers.
The onlookers, blinded by the flash, burned by its searing heat, covered their eyes and cringed in terror.
But it was the opening event that had drawn a healthy crowd of onlookers.
The singer's spotty skin shocked onlookers as it emerged she is to return to rehab, this time abroad. The Sun
It put the onlooker in the position of a privileged eavesdropper, able to pick up every nuance of an intensely private exchange.
Above the imperial doors the onlooker discovers the princely bicephalous eagle.
An onlooker said: 'She was clearly absolutely livid to have been voted out first. The Sun
Before the lying in state began, the coffin was carried through the streets on a horse-drawn carriage as thousand of onlookers lined the pavements.
Pearce let them pass and then sculled to victory, much to the delight of the Dutch onlookers. Would modern Olympians do the same?
For her, the struggle with leukemia had become so deeply personalized, so interiorized, that the rest of us were ghostly onlookers in the periphery: we were the zombies walking outside her head. The Emperor of All Maladies
Just to make sure they knew he meant business the chump fired off a few rounds randomly to scare the shocked onlookers into submission.
I imagined the onlookers lined up, hoping to catch a glimpse of my manly torso.
A small crowd was gathering around them already, the onlookers' attention hooked with the hype of a fight breaking out.
The top brass of Iran's navy saluted thousands of bemused onlookers from the tiny fibreglass boat attached to a lorry. The Sun
Handloom materials including churidhars with hand-designed embroidery, phulkari, shadow and mirror works in cotton and organdy along with hand-woven silk saris catch the onlookers' attention.
None of his shocked onlookers took his life in the name of mercy. Christianity Today
On one side of the avenue stood a horde of onlookers, on the other television crews, all looking two blocks south towards a colossal pile of twisted and smoking steel, seven stories high.
The onlooker finds him or herself standing - intrigued or befuddled, or probably both - amid multivarious narratives. Times, Sunday Times
He made it part of the way, but after he had fallen a couple of times, the decurion drafted one of the onlookers, a big husky black man, probably a visitor from Cyrene, and put him to carrying the, cross. The Eternal Mercenary
Rather like those weedy onlookers who failed to stop him. Times, Sunday Times
At times 25,000-plus onlookers were struck dumb by tension and anticipation, a hiccup resounding like a roar.
Bomb disposal experts first x-rayed the bag while a crowd of curious onlookers gathered.
A couple, as well as a family of six, were subjected to these rude actions and many onlookers were shocked and disgusted at what they witnessed.
Guess who were causing the most congestion, with the biggest crowd of onlookers?
The attack stunned onlookers at a grocery industry conference in London. The Sun
The onlooker said:'The officer then put him in handcuffs. The Sun
As the proportion of homicides committed with firearms surged, even the swaggering ruffians of local bars may have thought twice before challenging any and all onlookers.
Several curious onlookers turn their heads towards the direction of the laughter.
She fumbled with her cane, and as she nestled herself into her seat, the onlookers just watched with questions and concern. Christianity Today
The reasons were unknown, but onlookers seem to agree it looked like convulsions or spasms.
The okomfo, however, will throw out clues to onlookers so as to differentiate and give shape to each obosom.
The Balinese onlookers tried to understand why the Australian contingent was getting all choked up by a song about a swagman who stole a sheep and then drowned himself.
Onlookers said the wood and brick building was ablaze in minutes. The Sun
When hands-free phones were invented I rejoiced - no longer would onlookers spying my muttering think me an insane person.
Arriving at the scene, police found a number of onlookers and witnesses still in the area.
By the time the Club's membership had voted the measure down, a lot of participants were embittered and the environmental movement was tarnished in the eyes of many onlookers.
He also led what he called a "friendship dance," in which skiers and onlookers joined hands and moved in a circle. Snow Job: Ski Resorts Call On Higher Authorities to Save Season
After the crash,onlookers said that the plane had suddenly dropped down out of the sky.
In this sense the spectator is doubly positioned as an onlooker outside the text.
All entrants should have some hedge laying experience and onlookers are welcome.
Ten onlookers spontaneously shed their clothes and joined in the fun.
With the influx of day-trippers, sightseers, and casual onlookers, Killala became a bustling tourist center, and the recreation of battle scenes aroused particular fascination.
As interested onlookers who take no vicarious pleasure at all from this kind of thing, we will naturally be the first to bring you the scores the moment they are announced.
But it was the clusters of more anonymous casualties that shocked onlookers. THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician
He then drove his car into a nearby concrete sea wall in front of shocked onlookers. The Sun
The event was marred by crowd trouble when a section of the 300 onlookers turned on a foreign film crew.
This is the one area along the downtown San Francisco waterfront where you have a public park on the water, expressly designed with sweeping views of the open bay and the Bay Bridge," Travis said, adding that the space will be even more important in 2013 as "a little bit of respite" during the regatta, which is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of onlookers to the city shoreline on race days. SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter
There was a noticeable chill in the air and barely a sound to be heard as sombre onlookers waited in the moments before builders began the demolition.
Maryam claims onlooker status to distance herself from the blithering Donaldsons and to dodge the advances of Bitsy’s widowed father, but her aloofness is really ontological, an innate standoffishness familiar to Tyler’s readers. New Fiction
Such long-winding queues are not without their liberal dose of verbal duels about who jumped the queue or who ought to pay first making onlookers wonder who is better at it - children or parents.

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