big top

Example Sentences

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Having a permanent theater rather than a roving big top immediately upped Cirque’s game, Baldwin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Now, he cannot see himself having any other job than the Timoteo Circus, and that when he dies he wants his funeral to be held under the circus’ big top.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Nik Wallenda, the headliner, can trace his big top lineage back nearly 250 years, as can his 69-year-old mother, Delilah Wallenda, who helps him onto that wire.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022

“I chose to have open shelving in the kitchen instead of big top cabinets,” says Castillo.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021

“Were you in the big top when the lights went out and Carl started weeping over the loudspeaker?”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone