How to Use showman in a Sentence

showman

noun
  • Trump is, at his core, a showman with few beliefs of his own.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • In a cast of showmen, Mbappe remains the poster boy.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Humpy was one of a kind, a true showman and one of the sharpest minds this sport has ever seen.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Safe to say, the showman is alive and well in his 17th season.
    — Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This is far from the first time Dion has become a showman for fans off-stage.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2017
  • His diligence in and out of the arena paid off, as the young showman won third place.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
  • Nix is college football’s finest showman, and that’s good enough for me.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Willie Mays was the best all-around ballplayer, a showman for the sport and a good man.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
  • But he's best known as a showman, the most flamboyant umpire in the game.
    — USA Today, 25 May 2021
  • Wurm is a showman, not a prophet, which is partly why museum crowds love him.
    — Joshua Levine, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Willie Mays could run, hit, field and throw and did all of it with the flair of a master showman.
    — Dan Brown, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
  • Trump's a showman at heart and is prone to camera gimmicks to get his name in the headlines.
    — Seth A. Richardson, cleveland.com, 5 July 2017
  • Berlusconi had been a cruise-ship crooner and possessed the showman’s ease on the big stage.
    — The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But the showman never really hung up his skates.
    — Dan Robson, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • Duvall’s Sonny is a showman through and through.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Those who dismiss Mugler as only a flashy showman do so at their own risk.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The beloved king is a charming showman with the power to grant people’s wishes.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • But Branson, a showman as much as a businessman, is not one to cede the stage.
    — Nicholas Schmidl, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
  • The same could be said for Vin Diesel, who has become known as a showman, skilled with a crowd.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
  • The beloved showman was branded everything but a child of God.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Symmonds combines elite talent, a showman's flair and a firm grasp of the big picture.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 3 June 2017
  • Would the temptation to come back to the center ring of the circus be too much for the showman to turn down?
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
  • But Prince was a true showman, tinkering with the set here and there to give fans a fresh take each time around.
    — cleveland.com, 19 June 2017
  • Ever the showman, Curry pulled up from halfcourt and drained it.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Tigerman himself was a showman.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • John is a joyous and charismatic showman.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Watch closely and enjoy as the showman sings on what appears to be a tree to the left while elephants and bears walk to the beat.
    — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 12 Dec. 2018
  • The life and times of Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld and his two wives.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Thursday’s event will mark the first competition since then for the showman who loves the limelight.
    — Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The third-year All-Star is also embracing the role of showman.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 29 May 2021

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