How to Use bullfighting in a Sentence

bullfighting

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jeremiah references Lamborghini specifically because the company names its car models after bulls who have been victorious over matadors in the tradition of Spanish bullfighting.
    Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2022

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