circuses

Meaning

of Circus

Synonyms

Examples

Although professional wrestling started out as petty acts in sideshows, traveling circuses and carnivals, today it is a billion-dollar industry. Source: Internet

Bunson (1994), 145. The highly productive agricultural land of Egypt yielded enormous revenues that were available to Augustus and his successors to pay for public works and military expeditions, as well as bread and circuses for the population of Rome. Source: Internet

As of 2000, around 1,200 Asian and 700 African elephants were kept in zoos and circuses. Source: Internet

The two men took to cutting puzzles from prints by modern artists — Picasso, Dalí and Léger, among others — and from posters they collected from theaters, circuses and even travel agencies. Source: Internet

Since then, jugglers have been associated with circuses. Source: Internet

In circuses, they are trained to perform tricks. Source: Internet