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carnival

[kahr-nuh-vuhl] / ˈkɑr nə vəl /


Example Sentences

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“It sounds like a great idea, and totally doable. Boat races, some food trucks, some carnival games.”

From Literature

It turns the world into a carnival of danger and desperation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most of the dead were students returning from a carnival weekend.

From Barron's

“So tell me, what did you think it would be like then, some kind of a carnival, a fireworks display perhaps?”

From Literature

Sir Stephen Fry, Hay Festival president, described the event as a "carnival of ideas", while former US President Bill Clinton once called it the "Woodstock of the mind".

From BBC