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 fire damaged the south wall of the arena and the turf.
    Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • The Ike and Tina Revue opened in 1969 for the Stones at the arena.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • The project needs to work around the busy fall and spring seasons at the arena.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The arena plan in San Diego puts it with stretch-and-strain distance.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 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
  • Flores’ asks about the steps to get a club act to an arena level.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2023
  • As the lights in the arena went out, a spotlighted rocket rose from the center of the stage.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 10 Jan. 2023
  • At the same time, tech investors have rushed into the arena.
    Allison Deangelis, STAT, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The tour wraps up in Australia and New Zealand with four arena shows.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The two are the front-runners for WNBA rookie of the year, and fans have sold out arenas around the league to see them.
    Kareem Copeland, Washington Post, 20 July 2024
  • To get close to the stage, the group had planned to sleep outside the arena in the freezing temperatures.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, New York Times, 29 July 2023
  • As the remaining months of the year tick down, there’s still much to look forward to in this arena.
    Emily Maskell, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2022
  • 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 audience’s fists pumped and their shouts filled the air as bright red lasers flittered across the arena.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2023
  • Gymnasts will flip and turn in the same downtown arena where the Lakers and Sparks play.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Trumpets herald the arrival of the players at the arena.
    Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The band seized the arena, lighted it up in red and claimed it for the vampires of Los Angeles.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Yes, there may be a crew hired to clean the arena after the match, but that’s no excuse to treat your seats like a pig stye.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 July 2024
  • Berman’s Mountain Brook teams won six straight games in that arena.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Captain Wiedemann was the first to ride into the arena.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The arena, which can hold over 6,000 people, wasn't big enough to hold all those who wanted to see Trump.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Russell jumped off the bench and sprinted to help him back up, Davis putting his hands in the air while applause filled the arena.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Will you be inspired to return the sequel to the arena of the Academy Awards?
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • In her post, Reese mentioned the packed arena for the Sky-Liberty game.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • The video clip captured the pair lip-syncing along to the music inside the darkened arena.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
  • There was energy in the arena that hadn’t been there all season.
    Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The photo chosen is one of Swift taking a selfie with the three members of the Wales family backstage at the arena, overlaid over a photo of Swift in full performance mode.
    Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025

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