clown

Example Sentences

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Even disguised as a clown, the iconic gap-toothed smile of a teenage Ronaldo was enough to reveal him to the other Maastricht carnival-revellers.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Yeah, but I’m saying, though, it still took them to come see a professional clown to get them to go to the damn doctor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

He’d entered the league thrust into the position of savior, a 21-year-old high draft pick from USC trapped in a Meadowlands clown car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Hundreds of fans, some wearing clown masks, gathered to express their frustration with United's decline under the Glazer family and the lack of improvement since co-owner Jim Ratcliffe took charge of football operations.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

I’ve always been the clown and mischief maker of the family; I’ve always had to pay double for my sins: once with scoldings and then again with my own sense of despair.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank