gladiatorial

Example Sentences

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Loyalty, it would seem, means nothing in the gladiatorial arena of the annual song contest.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Betfred's Fred Done called the race result a "gladiatorial bloodbath for bookies" with the heavily-backed favourite winning.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“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

No doubt football is suffused with gladiatorial bravado.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 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