How to Use county fair in a Sentence

county fair

noun
  • Minnesota judges are offering to marry people at no cost this summer at three county fairs.
    Samantha Wurm, Twin Cities, 4 July 2024
  • This year’s county fair — the 75th — takes place Aug. 2-5.
    Thy Vo, The Mercury News, 6 July 2019
  • Last year O’Meara’s steer won for rate of gain at the county fair.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The annual fair is the largest in the state, and the sixth-largest county fair in the nation.
    Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Now they’re dressed up like ice-cream treats at the county fair.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Pollack’s car is among eight cars the Old Timers brought to the county fair.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2019
  • All may look well, as the gang hits the typical ’80s hangout spots like the mall, the pool, and the county fair.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019
  • If that wasn’t bad enough, the pig had to give back its county fair blue ribbon. ...
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2021
  • The oldest county fair in Texas is one of the best fall road trips from Houston.
    Anna Mazurek, Chron, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Langer said Tuesday at the county fair, pointing to a corner of the tent.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Unlike most county fairs in the state, the Broward fair doesn’t have its own fairgrounds.
    Larry Barszewski, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • This recipe won me a first place ribbon in my county fair bake off.
    Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In a later scene, still not quite a couple yet, Lee and Maren go to a county fair.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The big boat rocked back and forth like a ride at a county fair, and children screamed with joy in 10 languages.
    Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The five-day festival in the streets and parks of Tralee, on the other hand, feels more like a straight up county fair.
    David Segal, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Come one, come on to Kenton County's biggest show of the year: the county fair.
    Melissa Reinert, Cincinnati.com, 12 July 2018
  • The very first modern state or county fair was held in 1841 in Syracuse, New York.
    Michael S. Hopkins, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2021
  • Each county fair has its own unique flavor but all have one thing in common: 4-H is at the heart of it all.
    Annie Alleman, Post-Tribune, 28 June 2018
  • Some knew her from the softball team; others from the 4-H program or county fair.
    oregonlive, 3 June 2021
  • The best none-of-the-above thing at The Shack is a funnel cake as big as a vinyl LP, the kind of fried dough that fuels county fairs all over the country ($8.49).
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • While marketed as a county fair, the event is one that was born in North Little Rock as a way to draw people to the city.
    Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Think county fair without the rides or a beachside sandwich shack without the sand and surf.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2021
  • They’re being housed in the barns that once held up to 1,000 horses during races held during the county fair.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Pig races and pig scrambles are staples at many county fairs.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019
  • Image Few things in life are more reliable than the county fair.
    New York Times, 9 July 2018
  • On the drive back from the county fair in fall '16, Daines was behind the wheel, struggling with the wipers and the defroster, as the rain had left a thick mist hanging in the Central Texas air.
    Jack Dickey, SI.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The county fair is always a good family event, Marcinek said.
    Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 8 July 2021
  • The county fair closes at 11 p.m. on weekdays and weeknights.
    Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Plus, the whole crew hit the county fair for an unexpected night of fun and revelry (Best moment of the episode?
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Lukas did grow up on a farm, all right, but in the state of Wisconsin, where there is no parimutuel betting, and where horse racing is pretty much confined to county fairs.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024

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