CIRCUS in a Sentence
Learn CIRCUS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
28 example sentences for CIRCUS, such as:
1. Church ain't shucks to a circus.
2. She ran away to join the circus.
3. The trial has turned into a media circus.
4. There's things going on at a circus all the time.
5. The children were spellbound by the circus performance.
2. She ran away to join the circus.
3. The trial has turned into a media circus.
4. There's things going on at a circus all the time.
5. The children were spellbound by the circus performance.
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Meanings and Examples of CIRCUS
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circus
n. an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
n. a genus of haws comprising the harriers
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 Church ain't shucks to a circus.
2 There's things going on at a circus all the time.
3 But they cared nothing for marbles, or circus, or swimming, or anything.
4 They would have given anything to have that swarthy sun-tanned skin of his, and his glittering notoriety; and Tom would not have parted with either for a circus.
5 Well, I'll have pie and a glass of soda every day, and I'll go to every circus that comes along.
6 We struck it mighty lucky; there was going to be a circus there that afternoon, and the country people was already beginning to come in, in all kinds of old shackly wagons, and on horses.
7 The circus would leave before night, so our show would have a pretty good chance.
8 I went to the circus and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent.
9 Well, all through the circus they done the most astonishing things; and all the time that clown carried on so it most killed the people.
10 The streets were black with loafing negroes who leaned against walls or sat on the curbing watching vehicles go past with the naive curiosity of children at a circus parade.
11 The music was a reminiscence of tom-toms heard at circus fortune-telling tents or at the Minnesota State Fair, but the whole company pounded and puffed and whined in a sing-song, and looked rapturous.
12 We bound it between pasteboards, which I covered with brilliant calico, representing scenes from a circus.
13 It was all in one great room, like a circus amphitheater, with a gallery for visitors running over the center.
14 The youth thought of the village street at home before the arrival of the circus parade on a day in the spring.
15 An impromptu circus, fox and geese, and an amicable game of croquet finished the afternoon.
Example Sentence:
1 The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.
2 The trial has turned into a media circus.
3 She ran away to join the circus.
4 The children were spellbound by the circus performance.
5 The circus is planning to pull out of the suburb park tomorrow morning.
6 I am not an animal rights person, but training animals to perform in a circus is cruelty.
7 No need to distract from the center ring of this circus.
8 Finally it occurred to them that their naked skin represented flesh-colored "tights" very fairly; so they drew a ring in the sand and had a circus -- with three clowns in it, for none would yield this proudest post to his neighbor.
9 "Say, Huck, if we find a treasure here, what you going to do with your share?" "Well, I'll have pie and a glass of soda every day, and I'll go to every circus that comes along."