variants
or fun fair
chiefly British
: an outdoor event featuring games, rides, exhibitions, and other forms of entertainment
Examples of funfair in a Sentence
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England were embarrassingly under-dressed, out of rhythm and not up for a fight after the summer holiday funfair of The Hundred took out the August calendar.
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Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
His closing shot is a twinkling funfair diorama with what looks like a cardboard crescent moon, a disconcertingly beautiful image with which to cap an account of traumatic upheaval in his father’s young life.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
The score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross taps into a nostalgic vein and the overall visual luster of the film, from the kaleidoscopic radiance of a funfair to the edge-of-the-world expanse of the shoreline.
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Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2022
Just to the east of central Oslo, Grønland hosted a funfair where ice cream vendors did a roaring trade.
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David Nikel,
Forbes,
17 May 2022
In the amusement tent of a funfair, Zhou Zenong, who was pursuing Ai’ai, is distracted by the sight of a woman’s head that looks as if it’s suspended above a vase on a machine draped in black cloth.
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Jiwei Xiao,
The New York Review of Books,
14 Mar. 2020
However, Saliba knew what was good for him and, with the help of fellow precocious Frenchman Matteo Guendouzi, who 'bumped' into him at a funfair and 'gently advised' him to choose the red side of London, the defender made his decision.
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SI.com,
25 July 2019
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Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
His closing shot is a twinkling funfair diorama with what looks like a cardboard crescent moon, a disconcertingly beautiful image with which to cap an account of traumatic upheaval in his father’s young life.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
The score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross taps into a nostalgic vein and the overall visual luster of the film, from the kaleidoscopic radiance of a funfair to the edge-of-the-world expanse of the shoreline.
—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2022
Just to the east of central Oslo, Grønland hosted a funfair where ice cream vendors did a roaring trade.
—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
17 May 2022
In the amusement tent of a funfair, Zhou Zenong, who was pursuing Ai’ai, is distracted by the sight of a woman’s head that looks as if it’s suspended above a vase on a machine draped in black cloth.
—
Jiwei Xiao,
The New York Review of Books,
14 Mar. 2020
However, Saliba knew what was good for him and, with the help of fellow precocious Frenchman Matteo Guendouzi, who 'bumped' into him at a funfair and 'gently advised' him to choose the red side of London, the defender made his decision.
—
SI.com,
25 July 2019
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“Funfair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funfair. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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