How to Use bullring in a Sentence

bullring

noun
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  • Just a few fight posters from events at the local bullrings are plastered on the wall.
    — Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • My daughter walked over to the Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza, one of the oldest bullrings in Spain.
    — Ernest Hemingway, Philly.com, 6 Aug. 2017
  • According to the outlets, the American was inside the bullring when he was pierced in the calf.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022
  • The regional government said a 25-year-old runner from Sunrise, Fla., was gored in the calf in the bullring.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2022
  • Bull runs happen during eight mornings where people race with bulls along a 930-yard street course to the bullring.
    — Jessica Durando, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017
  • Other bullfighters quickly picked up Fandiño and removed him from the bullring, the video showed.
    — Gisela Crespo, CNN, 18 June 2017
  • In many of the attacks, an ear — usually the right one — has been cut off, recalling the matador’s trophy in a bullring.
    — Fox News, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Authorities said a 46-year-old man from San Francisco, Calif., was gored in the neck in the city's bullring and required surgery.
    — Fox News, 8 July 2019
  • The bulls mainly stayed on course behind the steers which guide them through the narrow, twisting streets to Pamplona's bullring, where the bulls will be killed in bullfights later in the day.
    — NBC News, 11 July 2019
  • Bull runs evolved from medieval farmers herding their animals through town to show them off at the bullring.
    — Ciara Nugent, Time, 17 July 2019
  • More Icons Later in his career, Bacon was fascinated by the dance of death between man and beast in the bullring.
    — Tobias Grey, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Grandstand seats that had been covered in dust were caked in mud while pit road and the apron around the 0.533-mile bullring held several inches of standing water.
    — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Grandstand seats that had been covered in dust were caked in mud, while pit road and the apron around the 0.533-mile bullring held several inches of standing water.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Most often, an ear — usually the right one — has been cut off, recalling the matador’s trophy in a bullring.
    — Elaine Ganley, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Most often, an ear — usually the right one — has been cut off, recalling the matador's trophy in a bullring.
    — Elaine Ganley, Star Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Ferdinand still ends up in the bullring, where, in the film's touching finale, his peaceful nature triumphs over all.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Many of the fans gathered in the shade from the white canopy that rims half the building, and the nearly circular design reminded some of Court 1 at Roland Garros in Paris, which is known as the bullring for its shape.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2016
  • The bullring was built with gadua bamboo, and its multiple levels were packed with spectators.
    — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
  • Anne-Marie cherishes the festive ambience and international flavor of the French Open, and the relative calm of her location, a shady spot in the shadow of the bullring.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 4 June 2019
  • Zacatecas is home to the Hotel Quinta Real, a hotel made from a historic bullring and the city has a cable car transporting passengers to and from its silver mines.
    — Kyle Arnold, Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Open-air bullrings will be allowed to operate from Monday, according to the new rules published on the Official Gazette Saturday.
    — Thomas Gualtieri, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2020
  • Besides the bullring, flamenco dancing, cathedrals and paella, the Butler Bulldogs got in some basketball during their 4-0 tour of Spain.
    — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The animals extended the run’s official length to 2 minutes and 40 seconds by lingering in the bullring before entering the pen.
    — Washington Post, 13 July 2017
  • Many runners were trampled early on, and others were also injured as the 12 animals entered Pamplona’s bullring, but no information was available about the extent of their injuries.
    — Fox News, 7 July 2018
  • Max Faulkner [email protected] R. Keith Brumley’s scenery was pretty nondescript — basically, a single set has to represent things as varied as the exterior of a bullring, a mountain pass and the entrance to a cigarette factory.
    — Olin Chism, star-telegram, 23 Apr. 2017
  • Directly on the border is Tijuana’s Plaza Monumental bullring as well as the international border monument.
    — James Clark, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018

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