barker

Example Sentences

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McLuhan was seen as more of a carnival barker than a scholar, and people—clearly—didn’t heed his warnings about technology.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

Instead, this carnival barker has repackaged old hatreds from the past.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024

Lora Bothwell, the owner of a nearby day care, interjected in the style of a carnival barker.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024

It’s a carnival barker promising a werewolf boy, a woman with four legs, fleas that can rotate a Ferris wheel, a pizza bowl without crust.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022

The barker himself had paused in his calling to emit a nimbus formation of smoke.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole