How To Use Barnum In A Sentence
- Maretzek, fell in the period when Barnumism was at its zenith, and Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time
- But because I care, I wanted to extend a hand and help you out of that leaky rain barrel before you go (and take others who would emulate you with you), like some gushing honeymooner or P.T. Barnumesque daredevil, completely over the water's edge. Deep-Hearted
- When it came to hoaxing the general public, Barnum was very clever in the way he positioned himself.
- But because I care, I wanted to extend a hand and help you out of that leaky rain barrel before you go (and take others who would emulate you with you), like some gushing honeymooner or P.T. Barnumesque daredevil, completely over the water's edge. Deep-Hearted
- You would ask them here -- nurse, bottles, and baby like a traveling Barnum's -- and Winn glares in one corner -- and that little piece of dandelion fluff lies down and grizzles on the nearest cushion -- and now you want to have a garden party on the top of The Dark Tower
- Mrs Barnum sat before him, her face lit by the evening light that shone in from the single window in the room, her expression rapt – as if she were looking upon divinity. An Atlas of Impossible Longing
- The musical, set in a Big Top, features gravity-defying stunts and slapstick clowning as it portrays the story of American showman PT Barnum.
- For the gamblers, sharpers, and confidence men who exploited the wilder side of Gilded Age America, that critique required a fair amount of self-denial (especially coming from Barnum, himself a master of the con).
- Mr. Churchill said, I remember when I was a child, being to the celebrated Barnum Circus which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the program which I most desired to see was one which was described as the boneless wonder. The Role of Opposition
- Irvine's previous novel, A Scattering of Jades, combined Mammoth Cave, Aaron Burr, and P.T. Barnum with Aztec mummies and the Millerite apocalypse; it felt heftier than OKOS does, and its magic captured the True Powers Feel of "I know how this works, but if I told you straight out your eyes would melt, so I'm just going to describe it allusively" somewhat better. Kenneth Hite's Journal
