funfair
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A five-year-old girl was taken to hospital after an incident involving a helicopter funfair ride.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
"It used to be a proper holiday place, there was a massive outdoor pool, a big funfair and the main street was just packed with bucket-and-spade shops," the 68-year-old says.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
Just three weeks ago, in a town known for its flower shows, amusement arcades and funfair, what should have been a joyful start to the school holidays turned into unspeakable tragedy.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024
About 6,000 tickets were snapped up for a coronation shindig complete with a huge television screen broadcasting the ceremony, funfair rides and bands playing Jewish, South American and gospel music, Anand said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
Below and ahead of them, lit up like a ghastly funfair, was a rectangle of stark, garish white light desecrating an otherwise blacked-out landscape.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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