circus
Example Sentences
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Although American families had been visiting small local circuses throughout the 19th century, the circuses of the 1880s and 1890s were bigger than ever.
Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.
Our audience voted for the donkeys to enter the circus, at least until they were deemed obsolete and sent to detention centers, which felt uncomfortably of the moment.
From Los Angeles Times
He was looking forward to staying on the farm, learning about circuses … and Nicole.
From Literature
He would love being circus trained, like the train in his favorite book.
From Literature
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