sideshow

Example Sentences

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Some analysts say the vote is a sideshow.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

In seeking to explain his plunge into the fifth round, some pointed to concerns about Shedeur’s personality and the sideshow of being the son of “Coach Prime.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Graham and Van der Merwe's continuing battle to end their respective careers as Scotland's all-time top try scorer is another entertaining sideshow.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

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

He greedily studied the crowd and found the heroine standing near a sideshow.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole