How to Use ringmaster in a Sentence

ringmaster

noun
  • Also in the mix was a range of pieces that might be called ringmaster chic.
    Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
  • There will be stars aplenty but no ringmaster for the three-hour show.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
  • In this case, a skeleton gets a ringmaster twist with a top hat and jacket.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The woman dressed as a spooky ringmaster while her husband played the part of a creepy clown.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Michaels, as the ringmaster of that circus, has been a lot of things to a lot of people over the years.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 June 2023
  • Allred aims for spectacle and can sometimes seem more like a ringmaster than a lawyer.
    Bryan Smith, Los Angeles Magazine, 8 June 2018
  • Anyone who wears a red ringmaster’s tailcoat on stage had better not.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Memo Mendez is the 30-year-old troupe’s bilingual ringmaster.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • So who now takes the place of Rush Limbaugh as the media ringmaster of the right?
    New York Times, 20 Feb. 2021
  • One man wore a ringmaster costume and marched around the courthouse during the hearing.
    Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 14 July 2021
  • The pop star opened the show, dressed as a circus ringmaster, with the live debut of her album’s title track.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Trump fills the role that was played by Chuck Barris, as ringmaster and tormenter.
    Jeffrey Frank, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2017
  • The troupe gathers under the big top for a ceremony, and the ringmaster says a few words.
    Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 27 July 2020
  • From ringmasters and lions to clowns and mimes, everyone went all out with their party attire.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Cole acts as ringmaster and leads the shenanigans, from baby races to fan kiss contests, between innings.
    Annika Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • Beilein said, one voice heard above everybody else, always the ringmaster, coaching the coaches and their wives.
    Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The ringmaster calls out the families of the performers and crew to join them on the arena floor for a final thank-you.
    Michelle R. Smith, idahostatesman, 19 May 2017
  • Ellis appeared in a friar robe, with Medd looking the part of a circus ringmaster.
    Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Directing the larger studio films is a little bit like being the ringmaster of a big circus.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • Want to recreate that ringmaster ’fit from her 2009 Circus tour?
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 7 June 2023
  • Downie played the role of ringmaster, dancing across the stage and improvising monologues in the middle of songs.
    The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • New Browns general manager John Dorsey, with the first and fourth picks, is the ringmaster.
    Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • And Colbert, whose late-night cynicism is a relief valve for pressure that ought not to be relieved, was a smiling ringmaster for it all.
    Will Bunch, Philly.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • As real estate agent Greg, Matt Rogers makes for a delightful ringmaster of this three-ring circus.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Apart from the Litvinenkos, the main character is Mr Putin, who emerges as a kind of sinister ringmaster.
    The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The South is a football circus, after all, and the SEC is its brilliant ringmaster.
    Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al.com, 15 July 2019
  • Gilles Nicault, a native of the Rhone region of France, is the able ringmaster of this incredible effort and has been from the get-go.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • In his role as ringmaster of all things Music Biz, Donio pulled back the curtain on the upcoming conference.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2019
  • His time on the road included working as a ringmaster and costumer for the three-ring Royal Hanneford Circus.
    Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 25 Sep. 2017
  • In the eighties and nineties, the city’s rich and famous batted their lashes at Sirio Maccioni, the ringmaster at Le Cirque.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 19 May 2021

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