carnival

Example Sentences

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Inside the exhibit hall, there was a carnival game where contestants could see who could shoot the most water at a target.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Sir Stephen Fry, Hay Festival president, described the event as a "carnival of ideas", while former US President Bill Clinton once called it the "Woodstock of the mind".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The director typically makes it into a carnival ride, a whirling montage that turns smoke-choked ’70s Vegas into heaven.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Director and co-writer Clint Bentley filmed the ending of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella, in which Joel Edgerton’s solitary Robert visits a carnival, encountering a strange wolf-boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

She thinks I’m going to the carnival to hang out with Maddie.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon