carny

Example Sentences

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Professional wrestling and carny culture can be great fun.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

I’m a carny, and I’ve left the tent.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Combining old-fashioned practicality with the shameless hustle of a sideshow carny and driven by a narcissistic thirst for attention, Davis, who patented the body armor in the early 1970s, certainly makes for a timely protagonist.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022

In Guillermo del Toro’s noir telling of a carny who hustles his way to the big time, the carnival scenes are cast in a color palette that has a somewhat muted vibrancy.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022

Everyone in carny life knew of the place.

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.