passer-by

noun

1. a person that is passing or going by, esp on foot

Example Sentences

While watching the cruelty unfold outside the house, where neighbours or passers-by could have easily seen, it left her dreading what horrors were happening behind closed doors.

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Play at Dawson Memorial Field in Danbury, Essex, was suspended over summer after a passer-by was struck on the leg by a ball as he unloaded his car on 17 May.

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Another passer-by said it was a great idea.

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On New Year's Day morning a traditional song known as "Abebayehosh" is heard around the city - usually performed by young girls for passers-by.

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The first victim was spotted by a passer-by near a bridge in Choisy-le-Roi, a south-eastern suburb of the capital, on 13 August.

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Related Words

• bystander 
• observer 
• witness