How to Use bullfighting in a Sentence

bullfighting

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• A man and woman jumped out of the stands and into a bullfighting ring in southern France on Sunday to protest the sport.
  — Howard Gensler, Philly.com, 28 Aug. 2017
• The years of bullfighting, however, have taken a toll on his body.
  — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 10 July 2018
• Juan Jose Padilla, 45, was in the bullfighting ring in the Spanish city of Arevalo when the bull came charging toward him.
  — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 10 July 2018
• As his bullfighting career wound down, Franklin managed a cafe in Seville.
  — Josefin Dolsten, sun-sentinel.com, 4 June 2019
• His choices are the bullfighting ring, or the slaughterhouse.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• The ethics surrounding bullfighting, which involves killing the bull at the end of the contest, has come into question in recent years.
  — ABC News, 26 June 2022
• Cattle herders at the time found that hurrying the beasts through the streets was an efficient way to move livestock from fields or barges to the market—or the bullfighting ring.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2021
• Padilla is one of Spain’s most famous matadors and he has been rewarded and praised for his bullfighting skills.
  — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 10 July 2018
• In a self-portrait, Mr. Botero depicted himself as a painter dressed in full bullfighting regalia.
  — Tim Johnson, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• One of the Amami islands south of the Japanese mainland, Tokunoshima is known for its bloodless bullfighting.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 11 May 2017
• Millions flock to Pamplona each year for bull racing and bullfighting at festivals throughout the summer.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 6 July 2018
• A few months later, in a match staged in a bullfighting ring in Mexico, Ramos lost his featherweight titles to Vicente Saldivar after failing to answer the bell for the 12th round.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2017
• The two dash through expensive-looking sequences set in glitzy museums, a bullfighting ring, and the deep South American jungle.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2021
• Botero decided at age 14 to dedicate his life to the arts, after managing to sell some sketches of bullfights to fans outside the city's bullfighting arena.
  — Manuel Rueda The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
• It’s that self-mythologizing which gets in the way: the safaris, the bullfighting (the bull-slinging, too), the obsession with violence and death, the almost-parodic machismo.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2021
• There are only three true sports: auto racing, bullfighting and mountain climbing.
  — Tony Borroz, WIRED, 21 July 2009
• Contrary to the machismo and bullfighting of the Ernest Hemingway book from which the title comes, these are simple, modern tales of love, loss and loneliness written with male protagonists.
  — Kevin Kotur, kansascity.com, 20 May 2017
• Some promoters are working toward holding the first bullfighting in Barcelona, probably in March.
  — Joshua Goodman, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2017
• Alvarez, 46, however, was caught off guard in the bullfighting plaza by the stray animal, who came charging at him and aggressively drove its horn into the California native’s neck and cheek.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2019
• The building has seen everything from bloodless bullfighting to famous boxing matches.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
• If your knowledge of bullfighting extends only to Hemingway, or perhaps to Ferdinand, Alley Theatre might have just the production for you.
  — Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 May 2023
• His stories and novels—about hunting and fishing, bullfighting and battle-fighting—fused him with his characters in the public imagination.
  — The Economist, 7 Apr. 2021
• Unlike in traditional Spanish bullfighting, the bulls are not ordinarily killed in a corraleja, and spectators are invited to run around with the animal still in the ring.
  — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
• Carlos Saldanha directed the movie, which centers on a gentle bull (voiced by John Cena) who refuses to participate in bullfighting.
  — Oliver Gettell, PEOPLE.com, 17 Dec. 2017
• Other animals, such as bulls, steers, cows and calves, died during events including bull riding, steer wrestling, wild cow milking, bareback competition, bullfighting, stampede, wild horse racing, and calf roping.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• Hemingway’s 1932 treatise about the traditions and rituals of bullfighting.
  — Wayne Catan, idahostatesman, 16 Feb. 2018
• One of the biggest questions facing Torera and director/choreographer Tatiana Pandiani was how to depict bullfighting onstage.
  — Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 May 2023
• Vox, which defends Spanish traditions such as bullfighting, advocates the repeal of laws against domestic violence and promises an immigration crackdown, has risen to about 10% in national opinion polls.
  — Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2019
• The Spanish parliament has overturned several laws passed by Catalan MPs -- including one to protect poor people from soaring energy costs and another banning bullfighting.
  — Angela Dewan, CNN, 21 Dec. 2017
• In 2010, Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeastern Spain, banned bullfighting.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 6 July 2018

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024