How to Use octagon in a Sentence

octagon

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• 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
• Your All-American award is (in the shape of) an octagon.
  — Lamond Pope, Lake County News-Sun, 15 June 2018
• And, man, most of us missed him during his 470-day absence from the UFC octagon.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2020
• Forget the octagon or the ring — Ronda Rousey is looking to go toe-to-toe with sharks.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 23 July 2018
• There will be some local flavor in the octagon at UFC 292.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
• Zuckerberg, on the other hand, seems more than ready to step into the octagon.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
• Before his fight against Dan Ige, Mitchell brought a Bible into the octagon.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Roughly speaking, the ring of eight NEMs has the symmetries of an octagon.
  — Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2019
• Make no mistake about it: Conor McGregor will fight in the octagon again.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• Covington, meantime, returns to the octagon for the first time since March 2022.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
• The only jabs were delivered inside the fenced-in, 4-foot octagon came from the fighters.
  — Dan Gelston, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2019
• 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
• Lawrence's all-around ability makes him a blur in the octagon, thus the fitting Tornado moniker.
  — Robert Rimpson, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2019
• Because round houses were expensive to build, Mr. Fowler settled on the octagon as the next best thing.
  — Jim Zarroli Tony Cenicola, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• McGregor didn't seem to think that money would prevent him from a return to the UFC's octagon.
  — Rick Maese, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• Outside the octagon Satellite imagery feeds the legend of the Belton Training Area.
  — Donald Bradley, kansascity, 22 May 2017
• Inside the cast-iron fence that surrounds the Riverside Oval—a tiny park near the western end of 156th Street—is a low granite octagon, maybe twenty feet across and a foot and a half high.
  — David Owen, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
• But there was no disputing his dominance in the octagon.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 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
• Since her last loss, Rousey hasn’t stepped into an UFC octagon for a professional fight.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• The scientists found that the north pole hosted eight cyclones forming an octagon around a central storm.
  — Amina Khan, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• More: The timing of Nunes becoming a mother depends upon results in the octagon, but not her own.
  — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017
• McGregor won the belt in 2016 but delayed his return to the octagon for so long that the belt being stripped away seemed like a foregone conclusion.
  — Demetrio Teniente, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
• As the round wore on, Pennington did find some moderate success in the center of the octagon, but Nunes continued to pepper away at the body and legs.
  — John Morgan, USA TODAY, 13 May 2018
• 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
• The undefeated former world champion plans to compete in mixed martial arts with the aim of taking to the octagon and fighting in the UFC.
  — Tom Roddy, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2018
• Similar to an emerald cut, the radiant cut is shaped like an octagon.
  — Ariel Okin, Vogue, 8 June 2018
• This isn’t his first disgusting performance in the octagon.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 4 Feb. 2018
• The green Millenia Stud Earrings from Swarovski are octagon cut and gold-tone plated for a truly eye-catching look that can be dressed up or down.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
• An octagon, not a boxing ring, will be center stage when the UFC hosts an event on the Mexican holiday for the first time in its history.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024