bullfighting

American  

[bool-fahyt-ing] / ˈbʊlˌfaɪt ɪŋ /

noun

1. a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, or Latin American sport in which a bull is fought by a matador in an arena according to prescribed conventions, traditionally ending with the bull being killed; in Portuguese-style bullfighting, the bull is not killed in the arena.

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Example Sentences

Hemingway often draws an analogy between dying in war and in bullfighting.

From The Wall Street Journal

As shameful as you may find bullfighting, the details are what drive this spellbinding, immersive work.

From Los Angeles Times

Others stay active in their culture locally, crisscrossing the Central Valley to attend the weekly summer festas or joining a bullfighting team.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet there was a strong feeling of the unknown when I made the ring walk for my bare knuckle debut in a bullfighting arena in Marbella which looked like a mini colosseum.

From BBC

"My granddad owned books and posters about bullfighting, but I did think that was generations ago," de Reyes recalls.

From BBC