bread and circuses
Example Sentences
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It will be bread and circuses, only with no bread.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
My second takeaway is that bread and circuses — the Roman phrase for distracting the populace with spectacle — was in full force.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
“Give them food and cake and they won’t revolt?” she said, paraphrasing the ancient saying about bread and circuses.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2022
It’s almost like saying, you can do anything you want as long as you give bread and circuses to the people.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2018
Evidently, the lower caste of the Proletarian Paradise was well on the way to its own version of bread and circuses.
From Frigid Fracas by Reynolds, Mack
