clown
Example Sentences
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Two other assistants, called DingDing and Cylo, can also be seen behind the black curtain — their faces hidden in knitted clown masks or shielded by makeup.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
"It almost feels like my brain is trying to be the class clown."
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
He’d entered the league thrust into the position of savior, a 21-year-old high draft pick from USC trapped in a Meadowlands clown car.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The group claimed United are "being dragged through chaos by clown ownership" and are "run like a circus".
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
A loud, jolly cry went up as three otters in clown costumes came bounding in.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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