How to Use octagon in a Sentence

octagon

noun
  • They are equipped to get in the ring or an octagon.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
  • Blood smeared the surface of the octagon.
    — Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • Reinhardt couldn’t prove that his rounded octagon was the very worst such shape.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 June 2024
  • Trump smiled and waved at the crowd and took his seat on the floor right by the octagon, the ring where the fights take place.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Dana White has stepped outside the octagon and into the ring.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • He was supposed to return last year, but a toe injury kept him out of the octagon.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • He was supposed to return last year, but a toe injury kept him out of the octagon.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Zuckerberg, on the other hand, seems more than ready to step into the octagon.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
  • The first-round knockout was a jarring return to the octagon.
    — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • The octagon links give this necklace a modern look that stands out while still feeling wearable day to day.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Oliveira has won 13 of his last 15 times in the octagon, entering this fight.
    — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Colby Covington’s time in the octagon has been scarce.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Similar to an emerald cut, the radiant cut is shaped like an octagon.
    — Ariel Okin, Vogue, 8 June 2018
  • Forget the octagon or the ring — Ronda Rousey is looking to go toe-to-toe with sharks.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 23 July 2018
  • Above the pendant is a sphere of diamonds housed in an octagon of platinum as a final flourish to the piece.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For the first time in 33 months, Francis Ngannou will make the walk to an octagon.
    — Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • What horses are to Jokic, octagons are to Jamal.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The scientists found that the north pole hosted eight cyclones forming an octagon around a central storm.
    — Amina Khan, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The only jabs were delivered inside the fenced-in, 4-foot octagon came from the fighters.
    — Dan Gelston, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2019
  • But the octagons and poles forming this sculpture were sourced from aluminum tables and seats used in prison visiting rooms.
    — Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Before his fight against Dan Ige, Mitchell brought a Bible into the octagon.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Barber eventually stood and moved to the center of the octagon for Grasso to raise her hand.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2026
  • During the broadcast, an announcer spoke over the image of a fighter walking to the octagon.
    — Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • Here, Chandler shares his six life essentials that keep him prepared both inside and outside of the octagon.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Losers often exit the octagon wobbling, smiling, fogged, concussed.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • Roughly speaking, the ring of eight NEMs has the symmetries of an octagon.
    — Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
  • And, man, most of us missed him during his 470-day absence from the UFC octagon.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2020
  • And perhaps most maddeningly, eight does not equal six, and this AI slop displays an octagon, not a hexagon!
    — Big Think, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Four other fights are on the main card before McGregor and Cowboy take to the octagon.
    — Sportsbookwire Staff, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The Rousey-Carano fight will take place inside a hexagon (and not octagon like the UFC) cage.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026

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