Sentence examples for elements of a carnival from inspiring English sources

The sit-in, like many of the Arab protests of 2011, has taken on elements of a carnival: fruit and popcorn vendors push carts through the crowds, and visitors on their way to the stage clamber over sleeping bodies.

The inauguration ceremony was conducted by the civic authorities and by the surviving, and still powerful, Guild of St George, and combined elements of a public festival and a religious carnival.

But this is much more than some grand carnival-esque procession, although it has elements of carnival.

Two developers, Kevin Rafferty and Robert Coltrin, had devised an idea for a new California Adventure ride that would juxtapose the old-fashioned romance of a carnival midway with high-tech video game elements.

Regional forms can also be found outside of the Caribbean entirely, most notably in New York City, where Brooklyn's Labor Day Carnival features music and parades, mas and steel bands; this Carnival is distinct to New York, and reflects elements of a pan-Caribbean nature.

The result is something of a carnival atmosphere.

One artist did his part, painting a peace sign on the midriff of a carnival starlet.

The voice was authoritative and effusive, with a bit of a carnival barker mixed in.

As a head coach, he has become something of a carnival master.

A contingent has set up camp in the state capitol, creating something of a carnival atmosphere.

It could be the sound of a carnival, or a riot.