sideshows
- plural of sideshow.
Example Sentences
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Several thousand people paid real money to come cheer a dozen teams at the debut event set for Saturday in St. Augustine, with contests and sideshows inspired by real events from America’s most surreal state.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
Consider the tourist exhibits in ancient Sparta, which by Roman times had become a theme park of wonders and sideshows.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2024
The July 2022 sideshows, city officials claim, were organized as a birthday celebration for one of the group’s members.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2023
But these often felt like sideshows, guidebooks: boosterish accessories to a main event that is now struggling to regain and maintain its centrality in international culture.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
“People come to sideshows to see stunts and tricks and what-all, and as far as anybody knew that’s exactly what we showed them.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
