How to Use sideshow in a Sentence

sideshow

noun

• Their disagreement is just a political sideshow when compared to the real issues at hand.
• Their sideshow had only one thing.
  — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
• The main event, downsized to a sideshow.
  — Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
• Rarely were there any true freaks, which was where their sideshow stood out.
  — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
• Some of the best menu items were not the main show, but the sideshows.
  — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• The sideshow over, things went bad for the Reds on the field.
  — John Fay, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2020
• At the end of the day, though, the tax credit is a sideshow.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
• Paul has gone from sideshow to one of the top draws in combat sports.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
• Instead, a shrewd eye at the end goal guides him over sideshow theatrics.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Oct. 2017
• Trump’s lawyers, that the case is not all that serious, a sideshow.
  — Andrea Bernstein, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2021
• But the beetle is a sideshow, neither the boss nor the boss’s boss here.
  — Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
• This whole affair just reeks of a circus and a media sideshow.
  — Fox News, 21 Sep. 2018
• The Presley concert is like a sideshow with its warmup group fluff.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2017
• Treat Colorado as the dress rehearsal, not the sideshow.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
• Police have been cracking down on the sideshow events in recent years.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
• And all those sideshows that the senator wants to bring up have nothing to do with that.
  — CBS News, 25 Feb. 2020
• For me, though, the Jimmy-Kim events were the sideshow in this episode.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 28 Apr. 2022
• For the faithful gathered here, of course, the sideshow drama was not the point.
  — Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
• Three weeks ago, a man was killed in what residents said was a sideshow in the Bayview.
  — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Blue Nile has gone from a sideshow to a central battleground.
  — Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
• But by playing it for laughs, the reading made the report into a sideshow.
  — Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED, 25 June 2019
• Now the dust has settled, and the numbers are in for those who put the season’s clothes over the sideshows.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 3 July 2023
• Doubles, even with Mirza in the mix, remains a sideshow to singles.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• There’s a chance Verlander starts could become too much of a sideshow.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• By the numbers, the electric airplanes on display were a sideshow.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 22 June 2019
• Not as a hobby, not as a sideshow, but to become one of the best ever in that second sport.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
• Welcome to the sideshow, a street party with car stunts that has Bay Area roots.
  — Mekado Murphy, New York Times, 1 May 2020
• Some sideshows go on for hours, while others clear out in minutes to avoid law enforcement.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
• In our ideal world, social media wouldn’t become a sideshow.
  — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
• Escorts are a sideshow, strategic stock releases are a sideshow.
  — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026