barnstormer

Example Sentences

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This was not the boring, tactical, chess-like match-up some pundits predicted but a barnstormer, living up to the pre-fight hype from fans and promoters.

From BBC • May 18, 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

I stand in awe of Rylance's genius, but the play, written by his wife, Claire van Kampen, struck me as a candle-lighted diversion for the world's supplest barnstormer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2018

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

From Fantômas by Metcalfe, Cranstoun