barnstormer

Example Sentences

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Her 10-minute greatest hits set was an absolute barnstormer.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

The latest Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate is up at 5.8% annualised and, while surely overstating things, this quarter looks like being a barnstormer.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 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

As the Revolutionary War nears its climax in “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s great American barnstormer of a musical, Gen. George Washington orders a hotheaded young aide to return home and cool his heels.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2020

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