Sentence examples for as arena from inspiring English sources

Passages from the works of Juvenal, Seneca, and Suetonius suggest that those retiarii who fought in tunics may have constituted an even more demeaned subtype (retiarii tunicati) who were not viewed as legitimate retiarii fighters but as arena clowns.

FIFA refers to the Stadium as Arena de São Paulo during the World Cup, but recognises the name Arena Corinthians.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Guardian World Cup Show 7.40pm BST Fans cheer and take photos as the Brazilian team bus departs after the squad's training session at Itaquerao Stadium, also known as Arena de Sao Paulo and Arena Corinthians, yesterday.

The league will look to hire top college officials, as well as arena football officials.

The Red Bulls had clearly been distracted as Arena tried to send in a sub.

The show's not perfect, either – but at its scintillating best, it's as close as arena comedy is likely to get.

Categories fall short of describing Grizzly Bear's elaborate compositions, which can be as lapidary as chamber-pop, as delicate as folk fingerpicking, as vertiginous as psychedelia and, at times, as dynamic as arena-rock.

Here's a snippet; feel free to seek out the entire thing if you want to see numerous variations on the same joke: Even as broadcast networks have come and gone, the N.B.A. has maintained a partnership with TNT since 1988; its theme, composed by Trevor Rabin (who helped refashion Yes as arena-rock giants in the eighties), is almost as memorable as Tesh's composition.

These gatherings also act as arenas for mating, which means that many potential partners are available.

They used to be covered in grass, and served as arenas for boxing.

Schnabel originally envisioned Benicio Del Toro as Arenas and hired Bardem for a supporting role.