sideshow

Example Sentences

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But on Friday in Miami, that sideshow collides with boxing's top tier as Paul faces two-time heavyweight world champion and Olympic gold medallist Anthony Joshua.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

In seeking to explain his plunge into the fifth round, some pointed to concerns about Shedeur’s personality and the sideshow of being the son of “Coach Prime.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Excitement over future AI business has largely reduced Cipher’s existing operations to a sideshow.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

After that, his unclaimed body began its wanderings: as a greeter for an Oklahoma funeral home, as a sideshow attraction for touring carnivals, and even in a titillating 1933 pre-Code film, “Narcotic.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025

Since I had been blamed for the mess, a few of the other children came to check on me as if I were a sideshow.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter