How to Use circus in a Sentence

circus

noun

• We're going to the circus.
• He worked for a small circus.
• The Democrats spent the past two weeks holding a circus.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2022
• My parents brought me to the circus and the star that year was Gene Autry.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• In its daring, the pole vault belongs to the rodeo, or the circus.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
• In 2013, Swift appeared in the middle of a white, red and black circus.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
• Like a circus tent with a nautical flair, the bold turquoise and white stripes bring the space to life.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
• If there's one thing Britney Spears' life has been the past 10-plus years is a circus.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• You’ve only dreamed of leaving home to join the circus.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• 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 first circus in the U.S. was in Philadelphia in 1793.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2024
• There’s no denying that this is a tricky time to be running a circus.
  — Marty Lasalle, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2024
• So, to prepare to swing from the rafters in the circus tent, Zendaya worked on her upper body and core strength.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
• His circus shot drew the loudest pop from a noticeably pro-Auburn crowd to that point in the night.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2023
• It’s what happened to the circus, where there were lion-tamers.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2022
• In the books, Harold goes on a treasure hunt, creates a fairy tale, visits the North Pole, and travels to the sky and the circus.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 22 May 2024
• Will a fanciful circus about a clown’s dream get you out of a March funk?
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
• But there’s another point of wisdom in the price of a circus.
  — Todd G. Buchholz, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
• It will now be handed over by the circus staff,’ Grando wrote.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
• The sketch goes on to mock the trial’s circus-like atmosphere.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
• His booming voice launches the film on the way with a vivid word impression of what the circus means.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
• Donald Long, one of three ringleaders, said the the circus is glad to be back in Baltimore.
  — Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2022
• One mind is, as my daughter likes to say, not my circus, not my monkey.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
• Conklin scoured the circus for water, but it had been used up — the elephants had been fed, the goat had been bathed, and all hope seemed lost.
  — Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• The third hit for a circus touchdown pass from Courtland Sutton to Nix.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
• With just two days left of shows, most of the fashion circus will be packing up and heading out by mid-week.
  — Amy Verner, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
• For a critic, living in this town is like going to the circus every day.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
• His grandfather was a clown, his father was both a trapeze artist and a clown, and his mother was a dancer in the circus.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
• The transformative world he’s drawn into is what spins (and twirls and leaps and bounces) in front of the audience, bringing with it circus of the sublime.
  — David Dickstein, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
• The spectacle is also set to feature renowned magicians and circus artists on the show.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025