carny

Example Sentences

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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

Did the old carny barker play out a shattering real-life version of “Nightmare Alley,” his favorite movie, where he turned the most successful solo recording artist of all time into the geek?

From New York Times • May 21, 2022

"We have been watched, scrutinized and judged. But as they watched us swim around, we have perfected our stroke! We were like carny people."

From Fox News • Jan. 1, 2022

And his standing with the carny was all he had left.

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.