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

In July, Fran Drescher, president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, railed against studio greed in a to-the-barricades barnstormer before calling for an unexpected actors’ strike that lasted 118 days.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

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

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 Walter, Eugene