bread and circuses
Example Sentences
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It is the same movie, slightly tweaked and constantly referencing and reminding you of the original, delivering what you already loved about “Gladiator”: strength and honor, bread and circuses, blood and guts.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
Instead, at the end of the day, as the world spins out of control, people want bread and circuses to keep them from contemplating the horrors that we ourselves have created.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023
We might ask our governments to aim for more than mere bread and circuses, though.
From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022
“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
Cannons and colour, bands and decorations, bread and circuses, emperors uncovering to us, beautiful queens waving dainty handkerchiefs—this is what lies behind the dry Treaties of the history books.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
