gladiatorial
Example Sentences
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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
“Ceremony was key to keeping communities bound together, and ritual killing would provide spectacle similar to Roman gladiatorial shows,” she said.
From New York Times
It’s the decisions that families make about whether to put their kids in the gladiatorial pipeline.
From Los Angeles Times
On Sunday, the second season of “The White Lotus” came to its grotesque, gladiatorial conclusion.
From Los Angeles Times
It was famous for hosting gladiatorial fights and other public spectacles in front of crowds of tens of thousands.
From BBC
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