How to Use circus in a Sentence

circus

noun

• We're going to the circus.
• He worked for a small circus.
• The Democrats spent the past two weeks holding a circus.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2022
• My parents brought me to the circus and the star that year was Gene Autry.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• It’s as though the potato has dressed up for the circus.
  — Mark Johanson, The Economist, 28 Aug. 2020
• In its daring, the pole vault belongs to the rodeo, or the circus.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
• In 2013, Swift appeared in the middle of a white, red and black circus.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
• 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
• This year brought us the circus that was Loughlin’s case.
  — Britni De La Cretaz, refinery29.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• Rather than run away with the circus, many people would like to run from it.
  — Vogue, 26 July 2021
• Now the circus has pulled down the tent for the year; the star attractions are leaving town.
  — Thomas Page, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
• And through her eyes, New York took on the excitement of a circus.
  — Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
• If there's one thing Britney Spears' life has been the past 10-plus years is a circus.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• You’ve only dreamed of leaving home to join the circus.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• From the looks of it, most rooms take on a circus-like aesthetic.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 24 July 2020
• Would the temptation to come back to the center ring of the circus be too much for the showman to turn down?
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
• Members of the circus still had to eat — some more than others.
  — Joe Hotchkiss, ajc, 27 June 2021
• The first circus in the U.S. was in Philadelphia in 1793.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2024
• There’s no denying that this is a tricky time to be running a circus.
  — Marty Lasalle, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2024
• So, to prepare to swing from the rafters in the circus tent, Zendaya worked on her upper body and core strength.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
• His circus shot drew the loudest pop from a noticeably pro-Auburn crowd to that point in the night.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2023
• It’s what happened to the circus, where there were lion-tamers.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2022
• In the books, Harold goes on a treasure hunt, creates a fairy tale, visits the North Pole, and travels to the sky and the circus.
  — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 22 May 2024
• Will a fanciful circus about a clown’s dream get you out of a March funk?
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
• But there’s another point of wisdom in the price of a circus.
  — Todd G. Buchholz, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
• Now, depending on how quickly the Jets have a new GM and a new coach, the circus of will-he-or-won’t-he?
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
• It will now be handed over by the circus staff,’ Grando wrote.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
• The sketch goes on to mock the trial’s circus-like atmosphere.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
• Cottle himself would perform in the circuses as a clown and juggler.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
• Philipp Plein is a ringmaster in the circus of opulence, and, arguably, a character of his own creation.
  — Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025