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
We might ask our governments to aim for more than mere bread and circuses, though.
From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022
It’s almost like saying, you can do anything you want as long as you give bread and circuses to the people.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2018
It required a great deal of money to support the luxurious court of the emperors and their innumerable officials and servants, and to supply "bread and circuses" for the populace of the towns.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
