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.
  • 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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