How to Use spectator in a Sentence

spectator

noun
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  • The spectators lining the road cheered the racers on.
  • The accident attracted a large crowd of spectators.
  • I wasn't a participant in the preparations, merely a spectator.
  • The beauty of this process is to catch the feeling of the spectators.
    — Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • People from off the boat and spectators were coming down the back end of the dock.
    — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The drags will roar down the middle of the Mother Road, with spectators cheering.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
  • He was not harmed in the incident and helped subdue the spectator.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2023
  • There were half a million spectators cheering us along the route.
    — Jeff Banowetz, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • The only element added in post was the slight sound of wind for the three locations in the scene: the bunker and two spectator viewpoints.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Assume your spot, follow these tips to be a great marathon spectator, and get ready to watch the race unfold.
    — Lela Moore, SELF, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Brand’s wife stood in the spectator section wiping tears from her eyes.
    — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Soon, well over 1,000 dancers and spectators were grooving with Elzie.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The wisest minds in AI have been urging us for years to stop being spectators.
    — Kc Cole, WIRED, 14 July 2023
  • Benitez then ordered the 13-year-old to leave the spectator area, approach the front of the courtroom and stand next to her father’s lawyer, the transcripts say.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • For the better part of 11 days, guard Devin Vassell was mostly a spectator to the Spurs’ season.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • In truth, everybody didn’t see; the courtroom could seat just a few dozen spectators.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
  • After a couple of swings, the naked woman then has both clubs in her hands, prompting laughs and cheers from spectators.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • About a dozen spectators were spread out in the gallery shortly before the days proceedings were set to begin.
    — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile the 90% of companies that fall into the spectator camp believe in AI, but not with their hearts.
    — Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • In less than a year, millions of spectators will descend on the French capital for what is poised to be the event of the decade: the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
    — Lindsey Tramuta, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The camera pans to two cars performing screeching donuts on the other side of the tunnel as more than 100 wild spectators look on.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Shamsher Singh summed up the feeling of being a helpless spectator to the future.
    — Yashraj Sharma, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The researchers compared results with past World Cups when spectators had been present.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • As the trial in a notorious murder dating back to the 1990s began this week, a spectator with no ties to the case sat alone in the back row of the public gallery.
    — oregonlive, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The canopy hit the ground away from spectators and participants, there were no injuries, and the pilot safely landed the plane.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The scene at trial More than 100 spectators could be seen in the gallery above the recessed Senate chamber floor on the first day, and observers continued to stream in over the course of the first week.
    — Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Among the two hundred spectators, a quarter were Black freedmen.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • As a spectator enjoying a show, be ready for anything to happen!
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Outside, thousands of spectators lined the streets under a steady drizzle.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 May 2023
  • There was a curious trend that swept through a lot of live concerts this summer, where spectators felt compelled to throw all kinds of items at the performer.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2023

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