county fair

Example Sentences

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Is this a stock market rotation or a county fair Tilt-a-Whirl?

From Barron's

I leaned in to look at the jade and mumbled something about it being nice, though the green glass beads Aunt Pretty won at the county fair last year looked just as pretty and sparkled a whole lot more.

From Literature

Junior sounded as if he’d just won the blue ribbon at the county fair.

From Literature

“Eben, if you want to see something special, come over and I’ll show you my log cabin quilt. I was just a young woman when I won second place at the county fair with that quilt.”

From Literature

Just as Pa thought Judgment Day had come, the outhouse started spinning around like the merry-go-round at the county fair.

From Literature