How to Use spectate in a Sentence

spectate

verb

• Stop by the Alaska State Fairgrounds to compete in the games or to spectate.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
• For those that didn't run, spectating along the Pig route is almost as much of a sport.
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 6 May 2018
• Some to protest, some to spectate and some simply to attend Mass and return to their cars.
  — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2020
• Ms. Mei sat in Cherry’s chair, and Mr. Devand settled in to spectate a few feet away.
  — Greg Howard, New York Times, 7 July 2017
• The temptation is to just pull over and spectate, for such occasions are rare.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 9 Dec. 2020
• Sunday’s taut game did not let a manager sit back and spectate.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2022
• The event is open to kids and adults of all ages with free entry for parents or caregivers who are only spectating.
  — Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2023
• The crowd that gathered to spectate the flock of us pedaling in our sports bras didn’t help my body anxiety either.
  — Amber Brenza, SELF, 11 Oct. 2017
• For those spectating this weekend, keep it classic and cushy.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• This is usually a pattern that astronomers use to spectate stars from Earth.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 Feb. 2022
• Often, as the president said, as their families were forced to watch, and as crowds gathered to spectate. ...
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2022
• Any other players that are expected to have a role this season were spectating on the sideline by the end of the third quarter.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2019
• The North Ag Barn will have a practice arena in the middle of the facility and bleachers for spectating events.
  — Kaila Contreras, Houston Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2019
• That match could actually be the perfect one to spectate to see the difference between LAN and online play.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 29 June 2021
• James had hoped to watch the Final Four, held in Dallas, in person, but instead spectated at home with his phone off to prevent any distraction.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2023
• Grab some barbacoa tacos or a chorizo salad from Tito's, then hurry back to the grandstands to resume spectating.
  — Todd Plummer, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2017
• In Brazil, the Olympic shot putter Darlan Romani lifted weights outside his garage while his daughter spectated.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 23 May 2020
• Those who prefer to spectate online will be able to find full details, specs, and photos here once the seventh-generation pony car launches next month.
  — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2022
• She, strikingly, ascends and once again repeats her plummet, as if a game for our spectating pleasure.
  — Michael J. Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
• Athletes’ families and friends were not allowed to travel to Tokyo to spectate, and athletes were more or less quarantined in the isolation bubble of the Olympic village.
  — Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 4 Nov. 2021
• Residents looking to spectate safely will need specialized glasses to watch the eclipse.
  — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024
• Like a true supportive partner (and eager tennis fan) she can often be seen with an intense look on her face, closely spectating.
  — Erica Marrison, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
• He finger-wags rappers who live their raps yet giddily spectates their beef, earning a fortune and an immense following from his hypocrisy.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
• Furthermore, the team invited an all-male contingent of sponsors and FedExField suite holders to spectate.
  — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 2 May 2018
• Losing means spectating your living teammates and bugging them to gather together enough funds to buy back your life or, for the impatient, dropping out of the game and requeueing.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 11 Mar. 2020
• While spectating her husband’s match at Wimbledon on Tuesday, Jelena selected a pair of ivory trousers and a black tweed blazer.
  — Hannah Malach, WWD, 14 July 2024
• This involved a generous definition of spectating—the court was barely visible from parts of the upper deck.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
• Time travel is a classic trope in science fiction, posing questions about fixing the past, paradoxes, or simply spectating in a time long before your own.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2018
• Professional gamers can still compete remotely and maintain the highest level of gameplay -- plus, fans can still spectate and without charge.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2020
• The signs are always there when the next big rocket launch is around the corner: social media chatter picks up, hotels sell out, press conferences get underway and thousands gather to support and spectate.
  — Emre Kelly, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024