How to Use circus in a Sentence

circus

noun

• We're going to the circus.
• He worked for a small circus.
• But there’s another point of wisdom in the price of a circus.
  — Todd G. Buchholz, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
• Some meetings have taken on a circus-like atmosphere, without any of the joy.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
• The Christmas village grew even larger this year with the addition of an entire circus.
  — Susan Taylor Martin, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2021
• This was extreme filmmaking in every way, yet its intent wasn’t to reduce the Holocaust to a sordid circus.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Dec. 2021
• Challenges range from circus makeup to runway looks, and as with Baking Show, the vibe skews more easygoing than cutthroat.
  — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
• Apart from the usual circus that surrounds Sierra Canyon, programs like Fairfax embraced the moment.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
• But the Mets’ scene is an ongoing circus, especially of late, tarnished by a number of distasteful issues with front office and staff. ...
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2021
• There is virtually no regulation of the data brokerage circus.
  — Justin Sherman, Wired, 19 Dec. 2021
• Or, looked at another way, the audience was taking in the spectacle of a monster (HYDE) in a circus ring.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which was behind many of the protests, said it is thrilled with the concept of a circus without animal acts.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• Each Games is a five-ring circus of politics, money, big business, nationalism and great power diplomatic signaling that puts the prestige of leaders who fought to host them on the line.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 17 Nov. 2021
• Circus World Museum in Baraboo is still in operation and features a large sampling of the circus’ history.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2021
• The Democrats spent the past two weeks holding a circus.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2022
• My parents brought me to the circus and the star that year was Gene Autry.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• In its daring, the pole vault belongs to the rodeo, or the circus.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
• In 2013, Swift appeared in the middle of a white, red and black circus.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
• Like a circus tent with a nautical flair, the bold turquoise and white stripes bring the space to life.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
• You’ve only dreamed of leaving home to join the circus.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• Would the temptation to come back to the center ring of the circus be too much for the showman to turn down?
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
• The first circus in the U.S. was in Philadelphia in 1793.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2024
• There’s no denying that this is a tricky time to be running a circus.
  — Marty Lasalle, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2024
• So, to prepare to swing from the rafters in the circus tent, Zendaya worked on her upper body and core strength.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
• His circus shot drew the loudest pop from a noticeably pro-Auburn crowd to that point in the night.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2023
• It’s what happened to the circus, where there were lion-tamers.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2022
• In the books, Harold goes on a treasure hunt, creates a fairy tale, visits the North Pole, and travels to the sky and the circus.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 22 May 2024
• Will a fanciful circus about a clown’s dream get you out of a March funk?
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
• It will now be handed over by the circus staff,’ Grando wrote.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
• The sketch goes on to mock the trial’s circus-like atmosphere.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022

Last Updated: 31 Dec 2024