Noun(1) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event,a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)(2) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event(3) a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
Noun(1) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event,a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)(2) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event(3) a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
(1) Traditional wisdom has it that mass production relegated craft to an expensive sideshow , a distraction from the real needs to provide affordable products for the masses.(2) We already know the outcome of the election, give or take, but it is a mere sideshow compared to the importance of the referendum.(3) The media, of course, treats these incidents as an amusing sideshow , a bit of spice in an otherwise bland political soup.(4) It is a sideshow , a massively expensive distraction from the main game.(5) asylum seeking in the west is a damaging and distracting sideshow(6) Over a mere five occurrences these transits of Venus had shifted from events of astronomical importance to a sideshow with mere curiosity value.(7) They would do well not to celebrate what may be a minor sideshow while preparations for the main event continue.(8) My personal opinion is that the whole issue's just a sideshow from what's really important.(9) What used to be an important event in the City's calendar is now a sideshow .(10) Throughout the day there will be stalls, sideshows , live music, entertainers, competitions and promotions u2018to create a real buzzu2019 in the town.(11) The rest of the showground will be packed with funfair rides, sideshows and food stalls, with a live band and bar area.(12) Canon Harvey paid tribute to the many helpers and said that every year a lot of hard work goes on behind the scenes running the stalls, the sideshows and games as well as serving and preparing the teas.(13) One of the incidental sideshows to the political skirmishes of the week has been the behaviour of the press.(14) Music was supplied by Woodfalls Junior Band and there were dancing displays by the New Forest School of Dancing, falcons, vintage and veteran vehicles, stalls, sideshows and various competitions.(15) Apart from the usual party essentials of food, drink and music, there were all sorts of sideshows and stalls, one of them providing temporary tattoos.(16) There was an air of pessimism among organisers when the first heavy shower fell just as villagers started turning up, but the turnout was excellent and the many stalls and sideshows did brisk business.
