Gladiators
[glædi:,eɪtəz]
Examples
- In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- NEW GLADIATORS! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- All who know us are aware that although we are at times justly severe upon tigers and martyrs, we never intentionally offend gladiators. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Gladiators who objected to fight for any reason were driven on by whips and hot irons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gladiators fought with gladiators and at times with warrior prisoners from many a distant land. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To begin with, while wars were frequent, the gladiators were prisoners of war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The choked old fountain, where erst the gladiators washed, might have leaped into life again to honour the ceremony. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This was a modest display of three couples, but soon gladiators were fighting by the hundred. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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