How to Use showman in a Sentence

showman

noun

• 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
• The life and times of Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld and his two wives.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Picasso was one of the great showmen of the century, and, as every showman knows, the show must go on, and on, and on.
  — John Banville, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2021
• So-Cal's answer to David Lee Roth as an onstage showman.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2021
• Wurm is a showman, not a prophet, which is partly why museum crowds love him.
  — Joshua Levine, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2021
• Thursday’s event will mark the first competition since then for the showman who loves the limelight.
  — Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 16 Sep. 2020
• Then there was Selig Zoo, whose owner was a showman and West Coast movie pioneer.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2021
• Still, ever the showman, his voice remains intact and buoyed by a crack 10-piece backing band.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2022
• Ever the showman, John donned three different outfits during the two-and-a-half-hour show.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2022
• Strauch said the family knew Springer would become a showman early in his life.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
• As a showman, Gilley — the cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis — exuded charisma.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2022
• Starr also knew how to be a showman, coming from the James Brown school of entertainment.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
• Bono may be Irish, but he’s got a lot of that loud, American, go-go type in him—part messiah, part showman.
  — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2022
• Robert Fripp became a rock star without acting like a showman.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• But Nolan’s reshuffling of the story’s chronology seems more born of a showman’s instinct to save his big bang for a climax.
  — WIRED, 24 July 2023
• The home-movie aesthetic hides the instincts of a Hollywood showman.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2020
• Chow, ever the showman, brought his noodle chef Stephen Yim to prepare noodles and pancakes for the jury.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024