Example Sentences

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On Twitter, people were clowning the 35-year-old singer, piano player and bandleader for his slow cadence.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2021

They were clowning on the people, which is very much in their humor and personality.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2018

Campbell plays the part as if he were clowning in an alehouse and bellows his lines like an order for more drink.

From Time Magazine Archive