How to Use coliseum in a Sentence

coliseum

noun
  • Of course, folks who planned ahead can sit indoors at the coliseum.
    — oregonlive, 11 June 2022
  • Fans can watch the rest of the draft at a watch party outside the coliseum.
    — David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2024
  • Putting on coliseum events at this scale and pace requires a constant flow of cash.
    — Stayton Bonner, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
  • The parade route winds through the fairgrounds and ends just past the coliseum.
    — Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • There were a lot of young musicians in the coliseum taking notes that night.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
  • What, then, does the sequel bring to the proverbial coliseum?
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The film will play on the coliseum’s video screen, which will be lowered to hover above the dirt arena.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2024
  • 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
  • Beds are hammocks slung under the coliseum’s stands, and breakfasts are cold beers.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • In the medical tent next to the coliseum, the doctors and nurses hear the screams as the young man is flipped by the bull.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Pickup and dropoff for rideshare is located in the north coliseum parking lot.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • What time does the music start at Concert in the Coliseum?
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Outside the door is the coliseum — blinding heat, the screaming crowds, the lions.
    — Emily Carter Roiphe, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2018
  • With 10 lanes for tejo, the indoor coliseum is a more wholesome setting.
    — John Otis, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2018
  • The coliseum site is just beginning to be reused after being torn down in ’07.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Where is will call for the Phoenix Open Concert in the Coliseum?
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • The renovations will be in keeping with the coliseum’s art deco style, Crum said.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
  • On the road, ordinary gyms suddenly felt like coliseums.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
  • School officials said major damage was done to the roof of the school's 3,500-seat coliseum.
    — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • For the last three decades, TD Garden has been a coliseum for one of the most historic rivalries in sports.
    — Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • From the field, the Sooners acknowledged their travel party in the coliseum’s highest heights.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The number will drop to 51, with most of the booths located inside the coliseum, Davenport said.
    — Randy Diamond, ExpressNews.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Reata at the Backstage Club, a nostalgic restaurant and bar atop the old rodeo coliseum, is open for dinner five days a week and lunch weekends.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The activity on the coliseum floor has a Kafka-meets-Willy Wonka vibe.
    — Author: Dan Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 23 May 2021

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