How to Use circus in a Sentence

circus

noun

• We're going to the circus.
• He worked for a small circus.
• So this circus might not be done.
  — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• There’s one dressed as a circus clown.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 11 May 2026
• The large scale is iconic of the circus stripes look.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2026
• Imagine a circus in a strip club.
  — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
• Kids will learn how to do circus tricks and build stamina along the way.
  — Jessie Dax-Setkus, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
• Rather than run away with the circus, many people would like to run from it.
  — Vogue, 26 July 2021
• This isn’t about the oddity of a week that can feel like a circus.
  — Sam McDowell February 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
• Actors and singers are obliged to learn a few fancy circus tricks.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
• Members of the circus still had to eat — some more than others.
  — Joe Hotchkiss, ajc, 27 June 2021
• There’s no denying that this is a tricky time to be running a circus.
  — Marty Lasalle, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2024
• From the looks of it, most rooms take on a circus-like aesthetic.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 24 July 2020
• In its daring, the pole vault belongs to the rodeo, or the circus.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
• But there’s much more to see here than just circus nostalgia.
  — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
• The biggest circus in the world couldn’t distract from all of that.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
• Parts of the game seemed circus-like, quite honestly.
  — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
• The flan, which comes with a little circus of fruits and creams and cookies, is fine.
  — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
• The idea was that the dog would not die before the boy went to college, or joined the circus.
  — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
• Páez held up a megaphone to live up to the circus energy of the song.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
• Like a circus tent with a nautical flair, the bold turquoise and white stripes bring the space to life.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
• But there’s another point of wisdom in the price of a circus.
  — Todd G. Buchholz, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
• Will a fanciful circus about a clown’s dream get you out of a March funk?
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
• It will now be handed over by the circus staff,’ Grando wrote.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
• There were 48 horses tied up around the tent and a big circus wagon.
  — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
• My parents brought me to the circus and the star that year was Gene Autry.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• Now the circus has pulled down the tent for the year; the star attractions are leaving town.
  — Thomas Page, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
• The sketch goes on to mock the trial’s circus-like atmosphere.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
• The episode begins at a circus in 1908.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
• Those ready to fully embrace circus stripes can think bigger.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2026