side show

Example Sentences

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"It was a side show at the trial - and it would've been a main event just before the election," she said.

From BBC • May 9, 2024

Photos by her side show a wide-eyed girl with long brown hair, who loved sports and dancing, and kept medals from competitions above her bed.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024

The two images, which are on display in Milan side by side, show Avedon's relentless scrutiny.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023

They were more side show than main attraction at Pike.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2021

What was really just a theatrical side show was now being enshrined in memory as the defining moment in the revolutionary drama.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis