bread and circuses
Example Sentences
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It will be bread and circuses, only with no bread.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
My second takeaway is that bread and circuses — the Roman phrase for distracting the populace with spectacle — was in full force.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
“Give them food and cake and they won’t revolt?” she said, paraphrasing the ancient saying about bread and circuses.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2022
But you are certainly not the only person who, when blessed with a larger paycheck, chooses not to spend it all on high-end bread and circuses.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2021
Empires have been made possible by "bread and circuses"; by appealing to an abnormally developed sense of patriotism; by the rule of might where largess and cajolery have failed.
From The American Empire by Nearing, Scott
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
