barnstormer

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A commanding presence, Skybell isn’t a barnstormer but an Obie-winning actor who illuminates the humanity of whatever role he happens to be playing.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

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

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

"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

Epitaphs for Two Players I. Edwin Booth An old actor at the Player's Club told me that Edwin Booth first impersonated Hamlet when a barnstormer in California.

From The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems by Lindsay, Vachel