Explore Clowning through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like buffoonery or funniness. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Clowning meaning
- Clownish behavior.
- The practice and study thereof.
Synonyms of Clowning
Example types with clowning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Welcome to Clowning Street! (4 words)
Clowns clowning clowns, all the way down. (7 words)
Mcneeley taught “clowning” and “advanced clowning” while Floss attended HSU. (10 words)
There is more silent-movie-style clowning from Almaviva’s ever-present henchman, Mikhail Polyakov, and the self-exiled Russian director has a pop at Vladimir Putin in his characterisation of the Count, played by a poised Hubert Zapior. (39 words)
Henry graduated from Torrance High School in spring, and after a summer full of clowning — her signature face paint is a bold multicolored handprint — she left Los Angeles in the fall to study business at Clark Atlanta University. (38 words)
The Rens and Douglas were trailblazers in their time, as the team demanded respect from their opponents and did not resort to clowning and “entertaining” the white populace as many Black barnstorming teams did before them. (36 words)
Welcome to Clowning Street! (4 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mcneeley taught “clowning” and “advanced clowning” while Floss attended HSU.
Henry graduated from Torrance High School in spring, and after a summer full of clowning — her signature face paint is a bold multicolored handprint — she left Los Angeles in the fall to study business at Clark Atlanta University.
The Rens and Douglas were trailblazers in their time, as the team demanded respect from their opponents and did not resort to clowning and “entertaining” the white populace as many Black barnstorming teams did before them.
Welcome to Clowning Street!
Arthur Fleck and Art are clowning it up in theaters this October.
Clowns clowning clowns, all the way down.
Even their own fans have been clowning the franchise online.
Past ZinZanni productions have flagged under the weight of too much clowning between acts and painfully excessive audience participation.
RocHaha, the first clowning festival hosted in Rochester, will expand that vision.
There is more silent-movie-style clowning from Almaviva’s ever-present henchman, Mikhail Polyakov, and the self-exiled Russian director has a pop at Vladimir Putin in his characterisation of the Count, played by a poised Hubert Zapior.
The trailer was widely mocked upon its release, with many movie fans clowning on its dated aesthetic/costumes, clunky dialogue, and uninteresting characters.
Clowning is a great tool here because clowns are honest in their interactions.
He was always clowning and “so silly,” said Shanita Williams, his wife, recalling how he wanted to make her laugh.
It will feature everything from burlesque to music and clowning.
Leo Horovitz brings his clowning skills to a Wilderness Torah leadership retreat in 2012.
Meanwhile, Carmella, who spends most of her time clowning around with R-Truth, roughed up Banks and Bayley with ease after the match.
The Flying Karamazov Brothers, those clowning hoisters with stage names swiped from a Dostoevsky novel, began defying gravity and making funny in various configurations in the streets of Santa Cruz, California, in the early 1970s.
The rules brought in in May allow mime and clowning, but not singing in the museums’ “Red Zone”.
Meanwhile, Jordan dresses so horribly that there’s an entire Tumblr page, WTF Is Michael Wearing, dedicated to clowning his wardrobe.
Such a tragic story and you farkers are just clowning around.
Common combinations with clowning
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- clowning and 3×
- to clowning 3×
- and clowning 3×
- clowning is 2×
- clowning around 2×