carny

Example Sentences

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How could a mere carny know about the music business, or qualify him to steward the king of rock ‘n’ roll?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

I’m a carny, and I’ve left the tent.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

"We have been watched, scrutinized and judged. But as they watched us swim around, we have perfected our stroke! We were like carny people."

From Fox News • Jan. 1, 2022

The story, which takes place in the late 1930s/early 1940s, is one of make-believe; it is set in the carny world where the wonders are, of course, not what they seem.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021

Look, professor," he said, "I've got a job, right here in the carny.

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.