carnival

Example Sentences

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Some of his earlier memories are of dancing at family birthday parties or big public carnival events where the country’s top orchestras would play.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

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

Most of the dead were students returning from a carnival weekend.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 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

And she’d done my makeup and hair the night of the carnival, too, though Sahil didn’t know that.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon