How to Use showman in a Sentence

showman

noun

• The showman will hit the road to promote the LP in March.
  — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2018
• Willie Mays was the best all-around ballplayer, a showman for the sport and a good man.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
• Willie Mays could run, hit, field and throw and did all of it with the flair of a master showman.
  — Dan Brown, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
• The old showman and tall-tale teller would have been proud.
  — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018
• His diligence in and out of the arena paid off, as the young showman won third place.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
• This is far from the first time Dion has become a showman for fans off-stage.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2017
• The life and times of Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld and his two wives.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Trump is, at his core, a showman with few beliefs of his own.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
• 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 All-Star Game is mostly a chance to celebrate the sport and gawk at the feats of the majors’ best showmen.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• But he's best known as a showman, the most flamboyant umpire in the game.
  — USA Today, 25 May 2021
• Trump's a showman at heart and is prone to camera gimmicks to get his name in the headlines.
  — Seth A. Richardson, cleveland.com, 5 July 2017
• But Prince was a true showman, tinkering with the set here and there to give fans a fresh take each time around.
  — cleveland.com, 19 June 2017
• The third-year All-Star is also embracing the role of showman.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 29 May 2021
• But Branson, a showman as much as a businessman, is not one to cede the stage.
  — Nicholas Schmidl, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
• Trinitie is the straight woman to Lee-Curtis’ over-the-top showman.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2022
• Watch closely and enjoy as the showman sings on what appears to be a tree to the left while elephants and bears walk to the beat.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 12 Dec. 2018
• Just ask Christopher Kimball, the droll showman of food.
  — Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 16 Oct. 2017
• The President is a showman and a below-the-belt fighter.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
• With a dramatic showman spin, the stranger whirled to face Sissy and the Selma folk.
  — Ayana Mathis, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
• Nix is college football’s finest showman, and that’s good enough for me.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 28 Aug. 2023
• Here Trump the showman also put his stamp on the gathering.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 July 2024
• Gibala, ever the showman, raffled off chances to cut off parts of the Mayfield fathead but left the head for Swan.
  — The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
• Wanna know more about Noah, the showman who is going for the double gold with the 200 meters still left to go?
  — Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
• The beloved king is a charming showman with the power to grant people’s wishes.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Travis Scott has always been a showman first and foremost.
  — New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021
• The beloved showman was branded everything but a child of God.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
• The bad news: If Trump falls for his own hype, he may be outwitted by a showman who can best him at this game.
  — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
• The audience, about four dozen people from a range of showmen backgrounds, sat in folding chairs at the edge of the grave site.
  — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2018
• His go-for-broke head-first slides and habit of sprinting to first base on a walk marked him as among the game’s most irrepressible showmen and iconoclasts.
  — Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024