How to Use county fair in a Sentence

county fair

noun

• This year’s county fair — the 75th — takes place Aug. 2-5.
  — Thy Vo, The Mercury News, 6 July 2019
• Last year O’Meara’s steer won for rate of gain at the county fair.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
• The annual fair is the largest in the state, and the sixth-largest county fair in the nation.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2021
• Now they’re dressed up like ice-cream treats at the county fair.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2021
• Pollack’s car is among eight cars the Old Timers brought to the county fair.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2019
• All may look well, as the gang hits the typical ’80s hangout spots like the mall, the pool, and the county fair.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2019
• If that wasn’t bad enough, the pig had to give back its county fair blue ribbon. ...
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2021
• The oldest county fair in Texas is one of the best fall road trips from Houston.
  — Anna Mazurek, Chron, 12 Sep. 2022
• Langer said Tuesday at the county fair, pointing to a corner of the tent.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2019
• Unlike most county fairs in the state, the Broward fair doesn’t have its own fairgrounds.
  — Larry Barszewski, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• This recipe won me a first place ribbon in my county fair bake off.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2023
• In a later scene, still not quite a couple yet, Lee and Maren go to a county fair.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
• The big boat rocked back and forth like a ride at a county fair, and children screamed with joy in 10 languages.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 8 Jan. 2020
• The five-day festival in the streets and parks of Tralee, on the other hand, feels more like a straight up county fair.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019
• Come one, come on to Kenton County's biggest show of the year: the county fair.
  — Melissa Reinert, Cincinnati.com, 12 July 2018
• The very first modern state or county fair was held in 1841 in Syracuse, New York.
  — Michael S. Hopkins, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2021
• Each county fair has its own unique flavor but all have one thing in common: 4-H is at the heart of it all.
  — Annie Alleman, Post-Tribune, 28 June 2018
• Some knew her from the softball team; others from the 4-H program or county fair.
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2021
• The best none-of-the-above thing at The Shack is a funnel cake as big as a vinyl LP, the kind of fried dough that fuels county fairs all over the country ($8.49).
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• While marketed as a county fair, the event is one that was born in North Little Rock as a way to draw people to the city.
  — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2021
• Think county fair without the rides or a beachside sandwich shack without the sand and surf.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 29 Nov. 2021
• They’re being housed in the barns that once held up to 1,000 horses during races held during the county fair.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2017
• Pig races and pig scrambles are staples at many county fairs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019
• Image Few things in life are more reliable than the county fair.
  — New York Times, 9 July 2018
• On the drive back from the county fair in fall '16, Daines was behind the wheel, struggling with the wipers and the defroster, as the rain had left a thick mist hanging in the Central Texas air.
  — Jack Dickey, SI.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• The county fair is always a good family event, Marcinek said.
  — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 8 July 2021
• The county fair closes at 11 p.m. on weekdays and weeknights.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
• Plus, the whole crew hit the county fair for an unexpected night of fun and revelry (Best moment of the episode?
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 19 Dec. 2022
• Lukas did grow up on a farm, all right, but in the state of Wisconsin, where there is no parimutuel betting, and where horse racing is pretty much confined to county fairs.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
• Minnesota judges are offering to marry people at no cost this summer at three county fairs.
  — Samantha Wurm, Twin Cities, 4 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024