How to Use big top in a Sentence
big top
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With the help of one of the three elephants, the beams are pulled into place and the big top rises.
—Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 May 2021
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Shows take place under the big top tent in the parking lot of Florence Mall.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2021
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The Armstrong Bearcat band performs under the big top tent.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 19 May 2022
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So, how can young people now dream of running away to a life under the big top?
—CBS News, 14 June 2018
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When the lights darkened inside of the big top, kids cheered and waved flashing light wands around the arena.
—Vincent Davis, ExpressNews.com, 14 Nov. 2020
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Telma became a dancer, drawing gasps and laughs on the floor under the big top.
—Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 27 July 2020
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Sarasota High School had a circus, a real one, with a big top and rings and a trapeze.
—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2022
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Forty-four of the hotel’s rooms will be larger suites, with the biggest topping out at around 1,200 square feet.
—Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2018
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The Circus Vargas big top is back in San Diego after a pause longer than a year due to the pandemic.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2022
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Lichtenbaum bought a bag of peanuts for a nickel and entered the big top with his sister.
—Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 7 July 2019
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The newest post on the company blog is all about the Pixel 4's big top bezel and the tech goodies contained within.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 July 2019
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As the Georgia primaries are likely to demonstrate, sometimes the circus moves on and the chief clown is left behind where the big top used to stand.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 24 May 2022
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Bennett was gloriously over the top in the Belvedere big top on Friday, the first of her two nights to kick off the new normal at Crooners.
—Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
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The Pixel 4 has a lopsided front design with a big top bezel and a smaller (but still there) bottom bezel.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2019
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In the big top heyday of the ’50s and ’60s, circus animals were viewed as exciting and glamorous.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 11 June 2021
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Begging the question: Will Reed Arena need a big top under its rooftop for the circus that might take place Wednesday?
—Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2021
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And, yes, there is air conditioning under that big top.
—Courant Staff, courant.com, 18 July 2019
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This is not the first time this anthology series, from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, has visited the big top for scares.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017
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There are less than 40 people total—who set up the big top, sell the tickets and concessions, perform the acts—everything.
—National Geographic, 15 Dec. 2020
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According to eyewitness accounts, the 48-foot tall big top burned in less than 10 minutes.
—Dave Altimari, courant.com, 7 Oct. 2019
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The circus is coming to town, but the shenanigans happening under this big top aren’t the typical clown, juggler and trapeze acts.
—Richard Guzman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
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In an electric car, Ozdemir said Coil Driver tech could reduce the need to have multiple motors needed to achieve those hot 0-60 times and a big top speed number.
—Bill Roberson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
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As borders closed, Cirque had to race to load big top equipment on to giant cargo planes and repatriate 2,000 employees.
—Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 17 May 2020
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Back near the top of the West heap, and with the big top permanently up at the Steph Curry circus, the Warriors are enjoying a national renaissance.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Dec. 2021
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When the big top burned that day, killing 168 in one of the nation’s worst mass casualty disasters, 6-year-old Raymond somehow escaped.
—Dave Altimari, courant.com, 7 July 2019
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Harden’s delayed start to the season and subsequent trade request was only icing on the circus big top.
—Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 16 Dec. 2020
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Guests flood into the big top, their faces illuminated by bright spotlights.
—Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 27 July 2020
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Worse, Gilead’s big top line means that developing new drugs big enough to meaningfully boost sales has gotten tougher.
—Charley Grant, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
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During the opening day of the feast on Monday, bilingual Masses were held throughout the evening in a big top tent, and many stayed for the midnight Mass, when congregants sang happy birthday.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2017
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The Mabie brothers promptly ejected Conklin from the big top, wishing him the best of luck in his new home of middle-of-nowhere Texas, and waited patiently for the prodigal clown to return.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
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