showman

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Examples

• Taking into account that Musk is known for being a showman over being a realist, you probably shouldn’t hold your breath for him to deliver this promised product on time.

• When he was about 16, he had his first major professional job, working for a week in Boston with Cab Calloway, a singer and showman who had been popular in the 1930s.

• Paige was a natural showman, like the way he ambled into a ballgame from the bullpen — this old gentleman, not one to rush into difficulties.

• Diana Showman, 19, had come out of her house, ignored demands to put down the weapon, and was shot once.

• If T-Rex is a rapper by which to set your watch, Daylyt is something of a controversial showman.

• Ever the showman, he asks if he can play the tape forward, sing the lyric once, play that “backmasked stuff,” then sing that.

• The announcement was a vintage bit of a political theater for a master political showman.

• He was not just the best player of his time—he was a showman of epic proportions.

• The baggage—two trunks, a showman's keyster, two suitcases, a big duffle bag and handbags—was loaded on trailer and backseat.

• When an experienced showman came to do the clipping, I naturally stuck around to see what would happen.

• A strong man held her by the wool around her neck, while the experienced showman looked her over with a critical eye.

• I'm the showman of the occasion, moreover, and I avert myself, leaving you to judge.

• Herr Selingman stood on one side with outstretched hand, in the manner of a showman.