How to Use coliseum in a Sentence

coliseum

noun
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  • The parade route winds through the fairgrounds and ends just past the coliseum.
    — Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • And as many people took a seat on it, the ring took on the feeling of a coliseum, with fans yelling from above as fights waged on.
    — Pat James, charlotteobserver, 20 May 2017
  • Of course, folks who planned ahead can sit indoors at the coliseum.
    — oregonlive, 11 June 2022
  • Outside the door is the coliseum — blinding heat, the screaming crowds, the lions.
    — Emily Carter Roiphe, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2018
  • As part of the project, the fairgrounds coliseum is being razed, although a part of its façade will be preserved.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Rows of white folding chairs placed on the dirt floor of the coliseum were filled as some used folded programs as fans in the humid air.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The coliseum held the first indoor rodeo arena in the country, and the very first live radio broadcast of a rodeo was recorded here.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
  • School officials said major damage was done to the roof of the school's 3,500-seat coliseum.
    — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Texas Democrats plan to show up in force later today at the coliseum to vet the complaints of mistreatment.
    — Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The Who last appeared in Cincinnati at a concert in the coliseum in December of 1975.
    — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The win sent the Trail Blazers into the conference finals against Phoenix, with the opener set for Monday night in the coliseum.
    — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Just two doors of the coliseum were opened when people heard the band testing sound equipment and the crowd began surging forward at about 7:30 p.m.
    — Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2021
  • With 10 lanes for tejo, the indoor coliseum is a more wholesome setting.
    — John Otis, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2018
  • The six established themselves in an Airbnb across the Rhone River from the old town, with its Roman coliseum and narrow streets.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The number will drop to 51, with most of the booths located inside the coliseum, Davenport said.
    — Randy Diamond, ExpressNews.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Current Use: The coliseum is still used for concerts and rallies.
    — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Hundreds watched the Trump rally from the coliseum parking lot.
    — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Though details are slim, WOW shared a single image from the series that teases the title next to a shot of a Roman coliseum.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 1 July 2021
  • Frank Hammer of Detroit's Green Acres neighborhood was happy that the dairy barn next to the coliseum is being saved.
    — Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2022
  • And then the members of the committee, like the Roman coliseum, vote thumbs up or thumbs down on his nomination.
    — Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018
  • The recount begins with one reporter in the coliseum who signed up to work a six-hour shift as a volunteer observer.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Ditto for the coliseum, which got a new roof and better seats with some of Fair Park’s 2017 bond dollars but still lacks basics such as a wraparound concourse.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 9 July 2021
  • The coliseum in Oakland was once home to great teams and great times, but attendance has plummeted in recent years.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
  • Journalists now cover shifts in a designated area of the coliseum as part of a press pool.
    — Carrie Watters, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2021
  • Bond #9’s scents are top, the coliseum, the Louvre museum.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • But the secretary of state’s observers, who were on the coliseum floor and closer to the spill, said that Bennett and the contractors failed to count the number of ballots returned to the box to ensure none were lost.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The activity on the coliseum floor has a Kafka-meets-Willy Wonka vibe.
    — Author: Dan Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 23 May 2021
  • There are four sections of tables on the floor of the coliseum, as is viewable through various camera angles.
    — Andrew Oxford, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The redevelopment of the coliseum site would be Spinnaker’s most ambitious project yet in the city.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 14 July 2019
  • Media accounts of the construction of the coliseum make little reference to the families that were displaced by the project and the story of Adamstown has faded to the background in the decades since.
    — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2019

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