How to Use fun house in a Sentence

fun house

noun
Definition of fun housenext
  • The quiet in the building and the low midafternoon light give the place a slightly spooky, fun house vibe.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • Our band was the frightening mirror, like the one that distorts at the fun house.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 17 July 2017
  • Sephoria is inviting guests to get lost in a makeup and skin-care fun house.
    — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 14 June 2018
  • Go Over the Top The ceiling above the window seat gets the fun house treatment in this charming bathroom.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Romanowski has the weary air of someone who has spent his life in a fun house pointing out the warps.
    — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The entirety of the fun house sequence was all done by the actors themselves.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Anyone looking to get their mind blown, and then blown again, will deem Meow Wolf a thrilling fun house.
    — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Lots of strong female players in 17 and just such a fun house dynamic in 20.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 July 2022
  • This, combined with Jupiter (Mr. Lucky) in your fun house, places you directly in the catbird seat.
    — SFChronicle.com, 28 July 2019
  • Pro tip: On pleasant days, fun house decor and floor mats find their way onto the sidewalk outside the front door for sale.
    — Katie Toussaint, charlotteobserver, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Steve Green isn’t content to merely invite guests to his fun house of worship.
    — Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2016
  • On the midway, children rode fan favorites Pharaoh’s Fury bumper cars, wended their way through the fun house and played games for prizes and in between.
    — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • Make your house the fun house by having cool activities planned.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 June 2023
  • In the image, Thomas Wesley smiles for the camera, with his body (and his, uh, bulge) looking like it was run through a fun house mirror filter.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The Persian Kamel is a fun house that fairgoers walk through rather than ride, complete with a tilting bridge and moving stairs.
    — Jenny Whidden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2019
  • This inflatable fun house is designed to keep kids aged 3 to 8 entertained for hours.
    — Kathy Passero, al, 15 May 2020
  • My boobs weren’t big enough; my stomach wasn’t flat enough; everything felt like it was filtered through a fun house mirror.
    — Ellen Ricks, Teen Vogue, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The vibe: part South by Southwest festival, part comedy-club fun house.
    — Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • That, coupled with the show's promo image, which features mirrors, and the scene in episode five with the fun house, has many thinking there is something going on with the theme of mirrors.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 17 May 2021
  • Good News, alongside some fun house mirror-style images of her in a revealing white outfit.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Deborah followed the post-scam playbook and entered a bureaucratic fun house in the process.
    — Hannah Zeavin, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • Instead, the book is a fun house mirror on an alienated set of urbanites, an endless supply of sharp takes.
    — Maddie Crum, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • Enter from the ground level courtyard, into what can only be described as a sandwich fun house.
    — Julia Sherman, Vogue, 10 May 2018
  • The show’s issues are fun house distortions of the most toxic aspects of relationship ideals.
    — Brittany Luse, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 May 2021
  • Speaking of which, the actual noodles in this two-story fun house are wonderful.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Kids will love participating in the spooky crafts and the haunted fun house and the Zombie Latinos Band will have everyone moving.
    — Colin Daniels, Houston Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2020
  • In the fun house that is Russia, these public exchanges created a brief illusion of choice—an inkling of politics.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
  • Family-friendly attractions abound, from old-school carnival games like ring toss and whack-a-mole to a fun house with mirror mazes and glowing lights.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
  • Check out their pumpkin patch and kid-friendly adventure area, and don't miss out on taking a family photo in front of their pumpkin fun house.
    — Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In all this, Klein writes, there’s a new doubling going on—weird fun house distortions of what used to be more straightforward realities.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023

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