gladiatorial

How To Use gladiatorial In A Sentence

• In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
• * Thus, instead of "The spirit of Christianity was humanizing, and therefore &c.," or "Christianity, since it was (or being) of a humanizing spirit, discouraged &c.," we can write more briefly and effectively, "Gladiatorial shows were first discouraged, and finally put down, by the _humanizing spirit of Christianity_. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition
• The couple has fallen on hard times financially and has bought Spartacus hoping his fighting prowess will help them regain their status in the brutal world of gladiatorial contests.
• The aim is for the theatre to resemble the gladiatorial arenas of Rome as closely as possible. Times, Sunday Times
• It was a glimpse of the gladiatorial combat that can lie behind a tabloid story. Times, Sunday Times
• The Romans also had other events during the gladiatorial contests.
• 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 final kilometre of a race is fast, dangerous and gladiatorial. Times, Sunday Times
• Without wanting to overdramatise it, it's probably the nearest thing we get these days to a gladiatorial contest.
• 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.