How to Use arena in a Sentence

arena

noun
  • The economic arena has been dominated by that country.
  • Congress became an arena of opposing views.
  • The in-arena light show flashed.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
  • What if this was his last chance to get in the arena at that price?
    — New York Times, 26 July 2022
  • Free entry to the arena with a fair pass.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2026
  • The court felt small compared to the arena.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • One of his daughters works at the arena.
    — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Here's why the arena may be the perfect place to tie the knot.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • The arena is about three-quarters full for this noon puck drop.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • She was broadcast on the arena's big screen for the whole crowd to see.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
  • The project needs to work around the busy fall and spring seasons at the arena.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Main arena doors open one hour prior to start time, and shows last around three hours.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Hill also had a message for his team on the walk to the arena.
    — Dennis Victory, al, 5 Mar. 2022
  • So all that sets the scene for a new player to enter the arena.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The arena in which a cockfight is held is called a cockpit.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Flores’ asks about the steps to get a club act to an arena level.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The city’s largest sports arena has served as a mass shelter for most of the past three years.
    — Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023
  • This isn’t Kelce’s first play in the fashion arena.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Kippes passed out and was carried out of the arena on a stretcher.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Embers dropped, and the acrid smell of smoke began to fill the arena.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
  • But when the replay was shown on the arena’s video board, the truth was there for all to see.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • Both of those weddings occurred in the main arena.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Guests with such an item will be asked to remove it from the arena or dispose of it.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The arena clapped and cheered for their new archbishop.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
  • When the buzzer rang, fans didn’t want to leave the arena, staying to cheer and exclaim.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
  • Kerr said Moody was getting X-rays at the arena.
    — CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Never take sports anger outside the arena.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • These were the last words of Sisinnes in the arena at Amastris.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Fans filled arenas that were finished just in time in Milan.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The sport is still years away from drawing the casual fan to the arena.
    — Mac Engel march 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026

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