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

The gladiatorial stadium stands between England and parity in the Ashes series.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

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 • Nov. 24, 2025

That isn’t enough to sway the gladiatorial majority, which is mostly made up of men grinning at the fattening piggy bank suspended above them.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

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