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

So now I was never going to grow into my clown clothes and I was stuck being a clown.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah