spartan

Example Sentences

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The question was about the student section’s harassment of former Spartan Xavier Booker, which seemed like a legitimate query considering Booker had a terrible game.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

He campaigned against the Spartan alliance in northern Greece.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Imperial overreach comes home: financial crisis, a Spartan fleet off the coast of Attica and an oligarchic coup in Athens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He ran marathons and finished grueling Spartan Races.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Penelope was surprised to hear it, for Mrs. Clarke ran the household with the iron hand of, well, a Spartan general, and that meant she was nearly always on the premises.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood