Sentence examples for bullfighting from inspiring English sources
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
FOUR in the afternoon is the vital time in bullfighting.
In February Colombia's constitutional court reaffirmed its earlier ruling that bullfighting was an "artistic expression" and should be "reinstated immediately" in Bogotá.Fans of bullfighting in Latin America, Spain and Portugal have had little to cheer about lately.
IT WAS a puzzle to Manolo Chopera that anyone should object to bullfighting.
He banned bullfighting, tried to curb property developers and defended gay rights.
ON JULY 28th Catalonia's regional parliament outlawed bullfighting.
Four years later, Catalonia's regional parliament banned bullfighting.
Was that not an early example of bullfighting?Mr Chopera would be heard out, usually politely, but he rarely won over opponents to bullfighting.
In a decision as much about Catalan identity as about animal rights, deputies in the local parliament agreed in December to take up a petition to ban bullfighting.
There is some opposition to bullfighting in Spain but set against that is its huge popularity.
The spectacle might be nasty but it was human.Mr Chopera rejected a proposal that Spain should make bullfighting more humane.
But prominent opponents are few.Defenders of bullfighting point out that it is strictly controlled.
