Colosseum

[ UK /kˌɒləsˈi‍əm/ ]
[ US /ˌkɑɫəˈsiəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80
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How To Use Colosseum In A Sentence

  • I'd struggled in Colosseum crowds in the blistering heat. Times, Sunday Times
  • Arunga Park is our outback colosseum, and it is here that boys with their toys gather to race to the death (of the vehicle), after months of rebuilding their stock cars from scratch.
  • The lion with a thorn in his paw, guy saves him, later guy is in the Colosseum, lion decides not to eat him. THE BLACK BOOK: DIARY OF A TEENAGE STUD VOL. III: RUN, JONAH, RUN
  • The lion with a thorn in his paw, guy saves him, later guy is in the Colosseum, lion decides not to eat him. THE BLACK BOOK: DIARY OF A TEENAGE STUD VOL. III: RUN, JONAH, RUN
  • The Colosseum was the greatest building in Ancient Rome but much smaller amphitheatres were built in Roman Britain and gladiatorial fights may have occurred in these.
  • A century ago, the Brunswick Street oval was a suburban colosseum.
  • The Colosseum was the greatest building in Ancient Rome but much smaller amphitheatres were built in Roman Britain and gladiatorial fights may have occurred in these.
  • The computer-generated parts of the building, particularly the velarium (the canvas roof used to shade the arena's spectators from the sun), did not produce optimal lighting effects within the Colosseum set. Sandals, Sweat, and Swords
  • And she draws a couple of intriguing parallels: for instance, between Robert Mapplethorpe and the Armenian-Egyptian studio photographer Van Leo (both playing sensitive tough guys), or between the Italian Paolo Canevari (brandishing a model of the Colosseum) and the Egyptian Youssef Nafil (gazing at the Pyramids). NYT > Home Page
  • Each year millions of tourists visit Italy to see the country's cultural and historical landmarks such as the Colosseum in Rome and the Greek ruins in Sicily.
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