Sentences with phrase «gladiator pit»

The phrase "gladiator pit" refers to an arena or a place where gladiators, who were ancient Roman fighters, fought against each other. Full definition
The senior vice president of CGI — the IT contractor who orchestrated the launch of healthcare.gov — Campbell was tossed into the political gladiator pit.
Tell that to the tens of thousands of Christians that died in the Roman gladiator pits.
Here, from the comfort and convenience of your dining table, you can watch gladiators pit themselves against a powerful and perpetually - barreling artificial wave.
He's got to understand that this is the gladiator pit.
Once Thor and Loki learn that Odin is dead, they scarcely have time to mourn before their long - ago banished sister, Hela, the Norse goddess of death (Cate Blanchett, doing exactly what would be expected of the villainess from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), materializes and lays claim to the throne, projecting her brothers to a planet where metallic detritus is the precipitation and society is organized around a gladiator pit lorded over by Jeff Goldblum.
When Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) crash lands into the gladiator pit from out of nowhere to spar with Thor, why not?
One foiled execution and desperate flight later, the general finds himself chained to a slave caravan, destined for the gladiator pits of North Africa.
One can assume during his time in the gladiator pit the Hulk would have crossed paths with someone who either knew of Thanos or spoke his name in fear.
Going by those names alone it would appear Kia is stepping into an unfair fight, like a scrawny kid in the gladiator pit at the Roman Colosseum.
This magic fountain seemingly allows the characters to travel back in time to different events in history, such as a gladiator pit in IX and the Titanic in Voyage of Despair.
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