gladiatorial
Example Sentences
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If you tuned into the Culture, Media and Sport committee hearing on Monday expecting a gladiatorial showdown, you'd have been left wondering where the swords were.
From BBC
Sprinters might be described as the rock stars of cycling - the most gladiatorial and combative riders.
From BBC
"It was quite weird doing kids' stuff on a Saturday and then on a Tuesday in the Empire you were kind of doing that sort of a political gladiatorial venue," he says.
From BBC
"No other nation in the world 'trains' so many citizens in such a gladiatorial manner as India does," says R Gopalakrishnan, former executive director of Tata Sons and co-author of The Made in India Manager.
From BBC
“This kind of thing where people get placed into an almost gladiatorial arena, is played out,” he said.
From New York Times
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