gladiatorial
Example Sentences
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“The important point,” Mr. Sidebottom notes, “is the Romans unanimously believed another people had invented gladiatorial fights.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
That it is, but it is also about the society that permitted gladiatorial combat—more than permitted it, enjoyed it as entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The young London gladiatrix was buried alone, among gladiatorial symbols, ostracized from the roughly 30 other Roman graves in the area.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
It is gladiatorial – it is all Hardy knows.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024
Demons were perched all around me on derelict equipment and abandoned train cars like the audience of a gladiatorial match.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
