barnstormer

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

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

Swimming: What a barnstormer for the British swimmer.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2021

His faculty did not rust long for lack of use, and at Drogheda, when he was but sixteen, he encountered one Price, half barnstormer, half thief.

From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles