How to Use Ferris wheel in a Sentence

Ferris wheel

noun
  • The roller coaster and the Ferris wheel are a metaphor of life.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The Ferris wheel is back, along with hot chocolate, s’mores and more.
    — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
  • From our first date at the Ferris wheel to a year later with my forever mate.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • Those seeking a slower pace can try the classic carousel or Ferris wheel.
    — Sswindler, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Others are multi-day fairs with Ferris wheels and country stars.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025
  • Even the smell of that store brings back memories, like, the Ferris wheel and the piano.
    — Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2023
  • On that note, Layla and her new boyfriend, Cameron, smooch on a Ferris wheel.
    — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 16 May 2025
  • Near the Ferris wheel is a row of food trucks and a concert stage for artists from around the Metroplex.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • The event includes a Ferris wheel; booths of tacos, tamales and tostadas; and artists performing on three stages.
    — Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • He couldn’t be trusted and had flipped more times than a Cirque du Soleil troupe on a Ferris wheel.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to live music on stage there is a carousel, Ferris wheel and children’s train.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Don’t miss the city’s oldest theme park, which boasts carnival games and thrilling rides like a carousel and a Ferris wheel.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
  • There are brick streets filled with restaurants, shops and throwback attractions, like a carousel and Ferris wheel.
    — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The events are known for things like Ferris wheels and corn dogs, sculptures made entirely from butter and the biggest pig in the state.
    — Benjamin Thorp, NPR, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The short clip shows the couple riding a beachside Ferris wheel, where Shallow winks at the camera.
    — EW.com, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Any pocket change remaining can be blown on a $35 High Roller Ferris wheel ride.
    — Billy Witz Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The video concluded with a sweeping shot of the beach and fellow beachgoers, along with a Ferris wheel spinning around.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
  • This small amusement park on Balboa Peninsula has a Ferris wheel and arcade.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The carnival had a Ferris wheel, and a penny arcade, and sold candy apples and cotton candy.
    — Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Once created, the kit will build an iconic (and fully functioning) carnival swing ride, a boom ride, and a Ferris wheel.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 15 Nov. 2023
  • For cryin’ out loud, even Prince George’s County’s waterfront has an awesome Ferris wheel!
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Guests won’t actually be able to hop aboard the Ferris wheel created by Basquiat or the carousel by Haring.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2023
  • With the amusement park abandoned, its buildings fell apart, weeds grew wildly and tree branches twisted themselves through the remnants of an old Ferris wheel.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Now picture a rink right on the beach, built right into the sand, with the iconic Ferris wheel and the Pacific waves lapping on the shore a slap shot away.
    — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Head to the beach for a Ferris wheel, games, dozens of food and craft vendors, family entertainment and live music, according to billing.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The sounds of laser guns from the nearby arcade join the predictable arc of the Ferris wheel in something that feels between nostalgic and therapeutic.
    — Theo Lee, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Correspondent Roxana Saberi spins the story of their origins, and takes a ride on some of the most notable Ferris wheels around.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 30 June 2023
  • The Big Wheel The Ferris wheel may not have been a new idea, but the revolving structure offered fun—from the fairgrounds to the classroom.
    — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
  • In the first, a married couple go up in a Ferris wheel, there’s a shot, a woman screams, and when the ride comes to a halt, the husband is dying and soon dead, killed at point-blank range with his own gun.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • The festival features a gigantic cocktail bar and beer garden, food trucks, drag shows, go-go dances, a Ferris wheel, a DJ dance party and more.
    — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023

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