gladiatorial
Example Sentences
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It is gladiatorial – it is all Hardy knows.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024
Hence the satisfaction of witnessing Lorraine’s steady shift from Mommy Dearest to vindictive she-dragon protecting what’s hers, including the two women she views as equals in gladiatorial terms if not financially.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2024
You’ve seen such a place in person or on TV a thousand times — today’s version of Rome’s ruined Colosseum, a now-corporate rather than imperial place for public spectacles and gladiatorial contests.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
For firsthand experience in treating combat wounds, medics frequently interned in the army and gladiatorial schools, which might explain the presence of medical tools in the Barbaricum.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
