How to Use barker in a Sentence

barker

noun

• On the sidewalk, a barker urged passers-by to take a look.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• Asked what guests appear on the song, Pusha goes into full jovial barker mode.
  — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
• Turn your head and a murderous carnival barker will be waiting just out of your eye line to chop you up and serve you to the crowds.
  — Julie Tremaine, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
• The copywriter is the carnival barker, asking you to step right up and buy a ticket to see the tightrope walker.
  — John Hall, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• Jay cannot be summed up with some concise carnival-barker pitch.
  — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2021
• Sochi has become a horrendous barker at those same things.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2021
• His Saber is one part cute-but-always-pissing-on-the-floor puppy dog, one part carnival barker, and a whole lot of amiable sleaze.
  — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
• Two chairs sit outside most of the stores all day, where a staffer can sit, part security guard, part carnival barker.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 15 June 2023
• In front of Love on Haight, a barker for the tiedye emporium was calling out to greetings to tourists on the open-air buses, and inviting the sparse foot traffic in past the velvet ropes to shop.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Nov. 2021
• Willem Dafoe joined as carnival barker Clem Hoatley, who lures Stanton into the carnie trade.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2022
• The first consideration, Dr. Herron said, is to keep in mind if the dog is a frequent barker— whether the barking is aggressive or not.
  — Eiliana Wright, USA TODAY, 3 July 2021
• The Fan, Jerry Jones, the ol’ carnival barker, tried hard to sell the idea that the season isn’t over despite evidence mounted in a brutal indictment.
  — Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2022
• In the land of crypto, the one-eyed man is king — and the line between carnival barker and investment guru extremely difficult to find.
  — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 24 July 2022
• Del Toro and Morgan adapt a bigger chunk of the Gresham novel (the earlier film starts with Stan already working at the carnival, as a barker), and expand certain episodes.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2021
• Parker saw his job as an elevated version of the carnival barker, the person who ensured Elvis was always in people's hearts and minds.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 June 2022
• To her audience, Nogueira speaks like a circus barker peddling beauty products.
  — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 3 Oct. 2022
• Polite and professional, all three of them, but none with Sinden’s brass or his near-carnival-barker’s acuity for keeping his team front and center in the city’s crowded sports discussion.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2021
• What sounds like a roster of attractions hawked by a traveling carnival barker are the star performers at Side Yards, an annual tribute to sideshows along the Capitol Riverfront.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
• Everyone knows that the barker for the bandwagon is selling a show; injecting a common touch into your presentation is simply courtesy and good sense.
  — Jeff Bradford, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow captivates and marries a naive millworker.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2022
• His father, Harry, performed as a carnival barker and as a comedian in burlesque theater and vaudeville.
  — Steve Volk, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2018
• The story line of the musical revolves around carnival barker Billy Bigelow, who romances millworker Julie Jordan.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021
• There’s no fast-talking, gavel-touting barker, but the prices speed quickly past the four figures as gamblers huddle around their laptops, poring over their spreadsheets and mathematical models, spitting out price ranges for each team.
  — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• His characterization flopped all over the place, from Gekko-like scheming to carnival barker hucksterism to flat out comedy relief.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 2 Jan. 2021
• Meanwhile, the most polarizing showman of this era, likely fearing the failure of his presidential re-election campaign, has moved with the bombastic self-interest of a carnival barker to discredit the same voting system that vaulted him into office.
  — Jason Parham, Wired, 25 June 2020
• Presiding over it all was Mr. Springer, who variously served as a referee, ringmaster, carnival barker and relationship counselor.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• Other categories included best supporting napper, best original barker, best original meower, best costume and best leading cuddler.
  — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2023
• On the sidewalk, a barker urged passers-by to take a look.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• Asked what guests appear on the song, Pusha goes into full jovial barker mode.
  — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
• Turn your head and a murderous carnival barker will be waiting just out of your eye line to chop you up and serve you to the crowds.
  — Julie Tremaine, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024