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How to use spectator in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Spectator means one who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors. Example: “The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.”

Examples of spectator by meaning

nounOne who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.

  • The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.

More sentences with spectator

  • The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field.From the entry mass
  • The pilots entertained the spectators at the airshow by doing multiple rolls.From the entry roll
  • The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.From the entry wild
  • The athlete's graceful acceptance of the controversial second-place finish won the admiration of the spectators.From the entry graceful
  • The spectators gaped helplessly as the balloon approached the power lines.From the entry helplessly
  • As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.From the entry airball
  • Hundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets.From the entry fork over
  • They act like they're going to go into spectator mode right afterwards to see their handiwork unfold.2020 November 2, u/Zip_Zoopity_Bop, “Trump mob bear maces and attempts to start fights with woman, when she tries to present evidence to…. From the entry headass
  • It wasn't just entertainment for me like it was for most spectators.2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry shoot the five
  • Five game modes drive the fun in Minecraft: survival, creative, adventure, spectator, and hardcore.2017, Michael Ross, Christopher Ross, Building Faith Block by Block, Eugene, Ore.: Harvest Kids, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry game mode
  • The reporters were having a field day with our saga and the courtroom filled with spectators.2012, Gary Rosen, Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 140. From the entry field day
  • The Games of the VI Paralympiad attracted over a million spectators.2006, Liam McCann, “The Paralympic Games: Rome 1960 – Athens 2004”, in The Olympics: Facts, Figures & Fun, London: Facts, Figures & Fun…. From the entry Paralympiad
  • Spectators are privy to awe inspiring castles, baffling forks, and breathtaking en passants.1998 December 11, Glenn Kaplan, “Chess: not just for losers, but also Trekkies”, in The Oberlin Review, volume 127, number 12, Oberlin…. From the entry en passant
  • We had the doubtful privilege of being spectators of two such raids, both instigated by girls.1966, Jonathan Aitken, Michael Beloff, A Short Walk on the Campus, page 104. From the entry pantie
  • Just inside the railing that divided the spectators from the court, the witnesses sat on cowhide-bottomed chairs.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry bottomed
  • Bond went head-over-heels on to the ground amongst the spectators' feet, his legs in the air.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Deadly Tube”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 89. From the entry head over heels
  • Mink-coated and sports-jacketed spectators alike loudly applauded the amateur-professional mixed encounter in which Mrs.1941 January 29, Marjorie Martin, “Badminton Fans Contribute $1400 to British Fund”, in Boston Evening Globe, volume CXXXIX, number 29…. From the entry sports-jacketed
  • Many of the spectators did not see the blow that laid the West Philadelphian low.1919 December 9, Louis H. Jaffe, “Murphy Put Away by Blow on Break”, in Evening Public Ledger, volume VI, number 74, Philadelphia, Pa.…. From the entry sucker punch
  • It is what the spectator sees, not reads, that leaves the lasting impression.1916, The American School Board Journal, volume 53, page 41. From the entry cinematographer
  • Man (I use this term advisedly) becomes an analysing spectator of his existence, as opposed to a participant in it.2021, David Lorimer, A Quest for Wisdom. From the entry focal point
  • Spectators can cheer on the "dookers" at the beach or along the route of the parade towards South Queensferry.2019 December 30, Soo Kim, “Hogmanay 2019: What is it and where are the best New Year's Eve celebrations in Edinburgh, Glasgow and across…. From the entry dooker
  • The police stood by like tamashbeens (spectators) watching the carnage.2017, Khushwant Singh, The End of India. From the entry tamashbeen
  • Even though the spectators want nothing less than a Banglawash in the ODIs and T20Is, the reality is a bit different.2015 June 28, Minhaz Uddin Khan, “Over-enthusiasm undermining Tigers' success”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 3, number 76, page 26. From the entry Banglawash
  • Tracks and spectators loved the “weenie roasters” however.2015 December 16, Unattributed, “Roger Gustin, 2012 East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Member, Jet Dragster Pioneer and Super Chevy Shows…. From the entry weenie roaster
  • 'It's important to build your stamina because it's not a spectator sport,' I heard Deep say after some time.2012, Parul A. Mittal, Arranged Love. From the entry sexdom
  • Festive groups of spectators broke apart and gave way to Wolfgang and Arminius marching in lockstep into the Statilian Amphitheater.2011, William Walling, Arminius, →ISBN. From the entry Statilian
  • Fraudience – A group of overly enthusiastic spectators positioned to cheerlead the performer; a tactic often used by politicians.2011 August 4, Geoff Tibballs, edited by Geoff Tibballs, The Mammoth Book of Insults, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN. From the entry fraudience
  • When a sizable crowd of spectators was seated on the.2008, Alan Lance Andersen, The Frost Haint of 'Possum Hollow and Other Ozark Tales. From the entry horridsome
  • He found no differences between home and away team performances when spectators cheered before the start of a play.2007, Sophia Jowett, David Lavallee, Social Psychology in Sport, page 108. From the entry away team
  • When did child abduction become a spectator sport?2007 May 11, Mick Hume, “Portugal: let’s all make it worse”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05…. From the entry paedophile-phobia
  • Egotistical mage (aren't they all?) intentionally frostbolts a spectator.2006 November 3, AlphaWoolf, “Re: 5 hours in UBRS and all I got was this lousy Beaststalker ...”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet). From the entry deaggro
  • "The other girls was all lacy-like, with high heels; I had steppers, low heels like men's spectator shoes, and pointy toes.2005, Michele McKnight Baker, Sandpaper Sisters, FaithWalk Publishing, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry stepper
  • She counters the tendency to focus on critical strategies of resisting the male gaze, raising the issue of the female spectator.2003, Amelia Jones, The feminism and visual culture reader, page 35. From the entry gaze
  • When all spectators are well out of any possible danger, the plugs are fired with a prod from an iron pole.2003, Howard Peach, Curious Tales of Old North Yorkshire. From the entry stiddy
  • Stacey's project at once disavows lesbian identities and opens up possibilities for self-identified heterosexual women spectators to identify lesbianly.2002, Stacy Ellen Wolf, A Problem Like Maria, →ISBN. From the entry lesbianly
  • With the motor racing and the horns blaring, “Leaping Lena” would go around in circles, to the delight of the spectators.1989, International Shrine Clowns Association, 25th Anniversary, Turner Publishing, page 38. From the entry Leaping Lena
  • Politics for me was strictly a spectator sport.1977, Muriel Clara Bradbrook, My Cambridge, →ISBN, page 120. From the entry spectator sport
  • Visibly rattled by noisy spectators, who chanted "Brasil!1966 November 18, “To the Ludicrous”, in Time. From the entry lose one's cool
  • When you're pushing someone into a lake, nothing embarrasses you more than having the front seats filled up with goggling spectators.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 15, in Jeeves in the Offing, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published…. From the entry crisp

Meaning of spectator

  1. noun One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
  2. noun One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer.

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Questions about spectator in a sentence

How do you use spectator in a sentence?
Spectator is used as a noun. For example: “The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.”
What is a short sentence with spectator?
“The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.”
What does spectator mean?
Spectator means one who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.

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