circus

Example Sentences

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As she drifts through town, feeling suddenly shorn of her identity, she comes across a traveling circus and is somehow taken on as a volunteer for the sawing-in-half trick, which involves hiding inside a box.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“It’s a circus of miscalculation. Everything about it is wrong,” he said.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

These include Hermès dog plates, found in Japan, and circus paintings by Denes de Holesch, whom Quillian calls the “Hungarian Picasso.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Ringmaster Tyson Fury was back to his old tricks, declaring he is "coming back to make boxing great again" and promising to bring his own brand of "circus" to the sport.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Sometimes I see her in the halls, but Poplar Springs is so different from Iqra Academy, like a big, noisy circus where all the performers know each other except me.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan