barnstormer
Example Sentences
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England's autumn campaign drifted further off track as Australia stunned Allianz Stadium by landing the decisive blow in a 42-37 barnstormer.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
I just came in like a young, arrogant barnstormer: “OK, I’m playing all the piano now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
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
"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
Epitaphs for Two Players I. Edwin Booth An old actor at the Player's Club told me that Edwin Booth first impersonated Hamlet when a barnstormer in California.
From The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems by Vachel Lindsay
