“Sometimes the risky writer stumbles in his funambulist guise, and you wonder if he's about to dive into the drink.”

“As soon as I realized that it was necessary to be gifted in math to be a vet in the bush, and that I felt too dizzy to be a funambulist!”

“As a professional funambulist, I regularly stretch a cable between two buildings.”

“As the time wore on, funambulism became almost commonplace, performers tried to outdo one another by narrowing the rope and increasing their speed.”

“But on Wednesday, bowing to an intense lobbying push by Mr. Wallenda and funambulism enthusiasts across two countries, the Canadian parks agency that oversees Niagara Falls reversed course and agreed to let the show go on.”

“I collect everything about funambulism since I'm 15 years old. Most people look at this universe, that existed long before circus did, more like a prowess, something vulgar and hard and not at all an art form.”

“After all, both men were both expert funambulists, having risen to the rank of Black Belt in the Ringling Brothers School of Aerial Arts.”

“Most of the banquets lasted 8-10 hours, with some pauses for a concert or a representation with clowns, circus and funambulists.”

“Travelling spectacle represents the oldest tradition with showmen, funambulists, conjuring tricks and acrobatics.”