How to Use ringmaster in a Sentence

ringmaster

noun

• So who now takes the place of Rush Limbaugh as the media ringmaster of the right?
  — New York Times, 20 Feb. 2021
• Michaels, as the ringmaster of that circus, has been a lot of things to a lot of people over the years.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 June 2023
• Also in the mix was a range of pieces that might be called ringmaster chic.
  — Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
• Stevie Nicks is one of the great ringmasters of all time.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2018
• There will be stars aplenty but no ringmaster for the three-hour show.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
• On the new record, A.C. Newman, who always been the creative ringmaster, wrote all of the songs.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 19 July 2017
• In this case, a skeleton gets a ringmaster twist with a top hat and jacket.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 10 Oct. 2022
• Trump fills the role that was played by Chuck Barris, as ringmaster and tormenter.
  — Jeffrey Frank, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2017
• Memo Mendez is the 30-year-old troupe’s bilingual ringmaster.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
• The ringmaster calls out the families of the performers and crew to join them on the arena floor for a final thank-you.
  — Michelle R. Smith, idahostatesman, 19 May 2017
• The troupe gathers under the big top for a ceremony, and the ringmaster says a few words.
  — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 27 July 2020
• The couple’s 9-year-old twins, Gideon Scott and Harper Grace, were there to support their dad, who was the celebrity ringmaster for the night.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• The South is a football circus, after all, and the SEC is its brilliant ringmaster.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al.com, 15 July 2019
• In the eighties and nineties, the city’s rich and famous batted their lashes at Sirio Maccioni, the ringmaster at Le Cirque.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 19 May 2021
• One man wore a ringmaster costume and marched around the courthouse during the hearing.
  — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 14 July 2021
• On that bench, like the ringmaster Cliff Ellis back in the day, Bruce Pearl continues to push the right buttons as his team keeps shocking the world.
  — Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Gilles Nicault, a native of the Rhone region of France, is the able ringmaster of this incredible effort and has been from the get-go.
  — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
• Allred aims for spectacle and can sometimes seem more like a ringmaster than a lawyer.
  — Bryan Smith, Los Angeles Magazine, 8 June 2018
• New Browns general manager John Dorsey, with the first and fourth picks, is the ringmaster.
  — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• First introduced in 2004, Oddfellow is a ringmaster killed by Jack in the Dust Bowl era of the circus, in which his top hat, coat and cane of souls are claimed.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
• Apart from the Litvinenkos, the main character is Mr Putin, who emerges as a kind of sinister ringmaster.
  — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
• Want to recreate that ringmaster ’fit from her 2009 Circus tour?
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 7 June 2023
• The alternative is allowing Trump to be the ringmaster of a circus that could last for months.
  — Matthew Walther, TheWeek, 17 Jan. 2020
• Downie played the role of ringmaster, dancing across the stage and improvising monologues in the middle of songs.
  — The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Ellis appeared in a friar robe, with Medd looking the part of a circus ringmaster.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• Beilein said, one voice heard above everybody else, always the ringmaster, coaching the coaches and their wives.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2018
• Then there’s the movie’s ringmaster, Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the movie with partner Noah Baumbach and directed the high-wire act.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
• As the event consumed ever more floor space, Mr. Warren performed his role as ringmaster on roller skates.
  — Steve Lohr, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• Cole acts as ringmaster and leads the shenanigans, from baby races to fan kiss contests, between innings.
  — Annika Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• Or Andy Cohen playing ringmaster to a universe of pugnacious Real Housewives.
  — TIME, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Aug 2024