How to Use octagon in a Sentence

octagon

noun
  • Trump smiled and waved at the crowd and took his seat on the floor right by the octagon, the ring where the fights take place.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Your All-American award is (in the shape of) an octagon.
    Lamond Pope, Lake County News-Sun, 15 June 2018
  • And, man, most of us missed him during his 470-day absence from the UFC octagon.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Forget the octagon or the ring — Ronda Rousey is looking to go toe-to-toe with sharks.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 23 July 2018
  • There will be some local flavor in the octagon at UFC 292.
    Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
  • Zuckerberg, on the other hand, seems more than ready to step into the octagon.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
  • Before his fight against Dan Ige, Mitchell brought a Bible into the octagon.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Conor McGregor’s return to the octagon will have to wait.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 15 June 2024
  • Roughly speaking, the ring of eight NEMs has the symmetries of an octagon.
    Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
  • Make no mistake about it: Conor McGregor will fight in the octagon again.
    Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Covington, meantime, returns to the octagon for the first time since March 2022.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The only jabs were delivered inside the fenced-in, 4-foot octagon came from the fighters.
    Dan Gelston, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Four other fights are on the main card before McGregor and Cowboy take to the octagon.
    Sportsbookwire Staff, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Lawrence's all-around ability makes him a blur in the octagon, thus the fitting Tornado moniker.
    Robert Rimpson, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2019
  • Because round houses were expensive to build, Mr. Fowler settled on the octagon as the next best thing.
    Jim Zarroli Tony Cenicola, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • McGregor didn't seem to think that money would prevent him from a return to the UFC's octagon.
    Rick Maese, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2017
  • Outside the octagon Satellite imagery feeds the legend of the Belton Training Area.
    Donald Bradley, kansascity, 22 May 2017
  • Inside the cast-iron fence that surrounds the Riverside Oval—a tiny park near the western end of 156th Street—is a low granite octagon, maybe twenty feet across and a foot and a half high.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
  • But there was no disputing his dominance in the octagon.
    Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2019
  • But the octagons and poles forming this sculpture were sourced from aluminum tables and seats used in prison visiting rooms.
    Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Since her last loss, Rousey hasn’t stepped into an UFC octagon for a professional fight.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The scientists found that the north pole hosted eight cyclones forming an octagon around a central storm.
    Amina Khan, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • More: The timing of Nunes becoming a mother depends upon results in the octagon, but not her own.
    Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017
  • McGregor won the belt in 2016 but delayed his return to the octagon for so long that the belt being stripped away seemed like a foregone conclusion.
    Demetrio Teniente, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
  • As the round wore on, Pennington did find some moderate success in the center of the octagon, but Nunes continued to pepper away at the body and legs.
    John Morgan, USA TODAY, 13 May 2018
  • Here, Chandler shares his six life essentials that keep him prepared both inside and outside of the octagon.
    John Thompson, Men's Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The undefeated former world champion plans to compete in mixed martial arts with the aim of taking to the octagon and fighting in the UFC.
    Tom Roddy, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Similar to an emerald cut, the radiant cut is shaped like an octagon.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 8 June 2018
  • This isn’t his first disgusting performance in the octagon.
    Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Just beyond is an informal half octagon eating area that overlooks the backyard and hills beyond.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2024

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