sideshow
Example Sentences
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When Leath was charged with the murders of her two husbands a decade later, the confrontation with Walker made news again, but amounted to a baffling and salacious sideshow, its significance unclear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
But all anyone inside the arena seemed to be talking about was the sideshow between a pair of legendary coaches—and a potential changing of the guard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Some analysts say the vote is a sideshow.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
After that, his unclaimed body began its wanderings: as a greeter for an Oklahoma funeral home, as a sideshow attraction for touring carnivals, and even in a titillating 1933 pre-Code film, “Narcotic.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025
The crowd that followed the parade back from town gathers in the midway, and before long Cecil is working the suckers in front of the sideshow.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
