How to Use arena in a Sentence
arena
noun- The economic arena has been dominated by that country.
- Congress became an arena of opposing views.
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Trump has used the latter when entering the arena at UFC events.
— Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024 -
The arena, which can hold over 6,000 people, wasn't big enough to hold all those who wanted to see Trump.
— Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024 -
Auburn students began pitching their tents outside the basketball arena two nights before tipoff.
— Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2023 -
Gasol and Kobe Bryant did it all together, and their numbers now hang side by side in the Lakers' arena.
— Greg Beacham, ajc, 8 Mar. 2023 -
However, the subsequent replay on the arena’s video board revealed that Wiggins had made a clean block.
— C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Another study of schools in Oregon found that people in just half of the schools surveyed could access the devices within four minutes of a field or arena.
— Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023 -
Earlier on Tuesday night, Meredith Gaudreau spoke to those gathered at the arena in a pre-recorded video message.
— David Close, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024 -
Two slide towers border the arena-sized enclosure, with slides that weave in and out of the building, funneling into high-speed 360-degree turns and steep drops.
— Molly McVety, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023 -
Zach Bryan may be selling out arenas on his Quittin’ Time tour, but that doesn’t mean the singer-songwriter ever expected his success.
— Rachel Desantis, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Co-op Live, located in Manchester, is being billed as the UK’s only music-first arena.
— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Once streaming platforms entered the arena and the best-picture category grew to 10 films, the campaign business expanded.
— Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023 -
That's a recipe for extensive executive action on immigration and other policy arenas.
— Axios, 16 Oct. 2024 -
The fire damaged the south wall of the arena and the turf.
— Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023 -
The Ike and Tina Revue opened in 1969 for the Stones at the arena.
— Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023 -
The project needs to work around the busy fall and spring seasons at the arena.
— Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024 -
But when the replay was shown on the arena’s video board, the truth was there for all to see.
— Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023 -
The arena plan in San Diego puts it with stretch-and-strain distance.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023 -
The city’s largest sports arena has served as a mass shelter for most of the past three years.
— Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023 -
Flores’ asks about the steps to get a club act to an arena level.
— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2023 -
The tour wraps up in Australia and New Zealand with four arena shows.
— Jaden Thompson, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023 -
The two are the front-runners for WNBA rookie of the year, and fans have sold out arenas around the league to see them.
— Kareem Copeland, Washington Post, 20 July 2024 -
To get close to the stage, the group had planned to sleep outside the arena in the freezing temperatures.
— Perri Ormont Blumberg, New York Times, 29 July 2023 -
The audience’s fists pumped and their shouts filled the air as bright red lasers flittered across the arena.
— Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2023 -
Gymnasts will flip and turn in the same downtown arena where the Lakers and Sparks play.
— Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 13 Aug. 2024 -
Trumpets herald the arrival of the players at the arena.
— Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023 -
Yes, there may be a crew hired to clean the arena after the match, but that’s no excuse to treat your seats like a pig stye.
— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 July 2024 -
Berman’s Mountain Brook teams won six straight games in that arena.
— Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2023 -
Russell jumped off the bench and sprinted to help him back up, Davis putting his hands in the air while applause filled the arena.
— Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
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