barnstormer

Example Sentences

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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

In his own five-star review, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw described the film as an "epic barnstormer" which delivers "pathos, action, drama, camp comedy, heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned action".

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2021

"Craig’s final film as the diva of British intelligence is an epic barnstormer ... delivering pathos, action, drama, camp comedy ... heartbreak, macabre horror, and outrageously silly old-fashioned action," The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw wrote.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2021

Swimming: What a barnstormer for the British swimmer.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2021

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

From Fantômas by Metcalfe, Cranstoun