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
• You’ve only dreamed of leaving home to join the circus.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• It’s what happened to the circus, where there were lion-tamers.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2022
• The whole process gives the air of a circus show, carefully created only to be torn down and carried by truck to its next home.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022
• In the dehumanizing circus of royal life, her relationship with her sons is her one source of love and joy.
  — Vulture, 11 Jan. 2022
• This translated to a circus-like runway show, with a carnival-like setting, plenty of feathers, see-through pieces, and mini skirts.
  — Kristen Bateman, refinery29.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• There, the creatures took up residence in zoos, circuses, Buck’s own attractions and sometimes even people’s homes.
  — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
• After all, few of us have time for serious goal-setting or self-care amid the airport runs, in-law-wrangling, and countless other rings of the family circus.
  — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2024
• Clowns remain a staple of the circus, but the reach of the ancient art is much wider these days, with a growing theatrical scene as well as performers crossing over into other forms.
  — New York Times, 18 Jan. 2022
• While this season’s menswear and couture shows—and the circus of street style that accompanies them—may be over for now, on Instagram, the high-fashion looks have shown no sign of stopping.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2022
• As a circus performer, she is trained in various skills and apparatuses, including trapeze, aerial straps and acrobatic flips and lifts with a partner.
  — Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
• His widow still posts tear-jerking Instagram stories about their last Christmas together, and his son dropped out of college to escape the media circus.
  — Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
• Dar Es Salaam culture, will feature live music, dancing, dish spinning and chair balancing, among more acrobatic and circus-like delights.
  — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2022
• But Keaton also looks surreal because the Surrealists were feeding off the same sources as Keaton was, in circus and vaudeville and the music hall and stage magic.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024