barnstormer

Example Sentences

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Her 10-minute greatest hits set was an absolute barnstormer.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

In July, Fran Drescher, president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, railed against studio greed in a to-the-barricades barnstormer before calling for an unexpected actors’ strike that lasted 118 days.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

The latest Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate is up at 5.8% annualised and, while surely overstating things, this quarter looks like being a barnstormer.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2023

When Obama misidentified the city he was in, the flub was attributed to a long day by a nation-trotting barnstormer, Jamieson said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2022

Well, she is nothing more nor less than a barnstormer!

From Fantômas by Metcalfe, Cranstoun