How to Use bullfighting in a Sentence

bullfighting

noun
  • The years of bullfighting, however, have taken a toll on his body.
    — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • As his bullfighting career wound down, Franklin managed a cafe in Seville.
    — Josefin Dolsten, sun-sentinel.com, 4 June 2019
  • His choices are the bullfighting ring, or the slaughterhouse.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • In afternoon bullfights, the bulls face matadors and almost certain death. Herding the bulls through the streets of Pamplona dates back to the 13th century to corral the bulls into a bullfighting ring.
    — Jessica Durando, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017
  • The horsemen are a key part of Spanish bullfighting, to tire the bull ahead of its final death at the hands of the matador.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Padilla is one of Spain’s most famous matadors and he has been rewarded and praised for his bullfighting skills.
    — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • The ethics surrounding bullfighting, which involves killing the bull at the end of the contest, has come into question in recent years.
    — ABC News, 26 June 2022
  • Cattle herders at the time found that hurrying the beasts through the streets was an efficient way to move livestock from fields or barges to the market—or the bullfighting ring.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The horn up the ass has happened to other bullfighters before him and will likely happen again, as long as the sport of bullfighting continues.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Millions flock to Pamplona each year for bull racing and bullfighting at festivals throughout the summer.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 6 July 2018
  • The building has seen everything from bloodless bullfighting to famous boxing matches.
    — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
  • Supporters of bullfighting argue that the practice is an important part of the country’s culture and economy and has been for centuries.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Some promoters are working toward holding the first bullfighting in Barcelona, probably in March.
    — Joshua Goodman, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2017
  • One of the Amami islands south of the Japanese mainland, Tokunoshima is known for its bloodless bullfighting.
    — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • Furthermore, Ferruccio was a big fan of Spanish bullfighting, which is why the logo captures the moment before the beast springs forth.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
  • They wed in a converted bullfighting ring in Zacatecas, Mexico, her native country.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The two dash through expensive-looking sequences set in glitzy museums, a bullfighting ring, and the deep South American jungle.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2021
  • His stories and novels—about hunting and fishing, bullfighting and battle-fighting—fused him with his characters in the public imagination.
    — The Economist, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Botero decided at age 14 to dedicate his life to the arts, after managing to sell some sketches of bullfights to fans outside the city's bullfighting arena.
    — Manuel Rueda The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Colombia joins a wave of countries that have banned bullfighting and Kazakhstan strengthens protections against domestic violence.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2024
  • Juan Jose Padilla, 45, was in the bullfighting ring in the Spanish city of Arevalo when the bull came charging toward him.
    — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • Contrary to the machismo and bullfighting of the Ernest Hemingway book from which the title comes, these are simple, modern tales of love, loss and loneliness written with male protagonists.
    — Kevin Kotur, kansascity.com, 20 May 2017
  • Other animals, such as bulls, steers, cows and calves, died during events including bull riding, steer wrestling, wild cow milking, bareback competition, bullfighting, stampede, wild horse racing, and calf roping.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Unlike in traditional Spanish bullfighting, the bulls are not ordinarily killed in a corraleja, and spectators are invited to run around with the animal still in the ring.
    — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
  • Hemingway’s 1932 treatise about the traditions and rituals of bullfighting.
    — Wayne Catan, idahostatesman, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Several Mexican states already limit or curtail bullfighting, while ranchers and businessmen claim their rights are violated by not allowing the practice.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Alvarez, 46, however, was caught off guard in the bullfighting plaza by the stray animal, who came charging at him and aggressively drove its horn into the California native’s neck and cheek.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2019
  • Carlos Saldanha directed the movie, which centers on a gentle bull (voiced by John Cena) who refuses to participate in bullfighting.
    — Oliver Gettell, PEOPLE.com, 17 Dec. 2017
  • If your knowledge of bullfighting extends only to Hemingway, or perhaps to Ferdinand, Alley Theatre might have just the production for you.
    — Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 May 2023
  • Fighting for our entertainment, whether in ring or octagon, is civilization’s barbaric outlier, as humanely logical as bullfighting.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 17 June 2017

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