barnstormer
Example Sentences
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When Obama misidentified the city he was in, the flub was attributed to a long day by a nation-trotting barnstormer, Jamieson said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2022
In his own five-star review, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw described the film as an "epic barnstormer" which delivers "pathos, action, drama, camp comedy, heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned action".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2021
"Craig’s final film as the diva of British intelligence is an epic barnstormer ... delivering pathos, action, drama, camp comedy ... heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned action," The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw wrote.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2021
I stand in awe of Rylance's genius, but the play, written by his wife, Claire van Kampen, struck me as a candle-lighted diversion for the world's supplest barnstormer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2018
The Rialto—the haven of every disheartened barnstormer, the cradle of every would-be Hamlet!
From The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life by Eugene Walter
