carnivalesque
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“It kills me how out of touch Cuomo is,” she said, dressed in black leggings and taking pictures with her pink iPhone of the carnivalesque “No Kings” rally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Food trucks, games, a band and balloons made the atmosphere carnivalesque.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024
The critic who called the ’93 Biennial “a theme park of the oppressed” got one thing right: It did have a carnivalesque, even scrappy mood, artists doing what they could to fight for their lives.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2023
The result is part carnivalesque caricature and part generic smiley face.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023
Illuminated by the lantern-light, the scene is more than picturesque: it is a carnivalesque display of gala-costume.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
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