big top

Example Sentences

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“You wanna feel something/You know is real, something/beyond the paler things,” the chorus sings in the opening number, describing the promise of the big top.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2024

Having a permanent theater rather than a roving big top immediately upped Cirque’s game, Baldwin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Scouting For Girls, Britpop band Suede and DJ Jo Whiley with her 90s anthems are all set to top the bill in the big top arena.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023

Now, he cannot see himself having any other job than the Timoteo Circus, and that when he dies he wants his funeral to be held under the circus’ big top.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

It wavers out of the big top and across the lot, leaving nothing in its wake.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen