bullring

noun

bull·​ring ˈbu̇l-ˌriŋ 

also ˈbəl-

1

: an arena for bullfights

2

: a short oval track for horse or auto racing

Examples of bullring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then the pick-up trucks come and disgorge their expensive property around the bullring. — Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 11 July 2025

The matador couldn’t get out of the way of one of the bulls in time and stayed down holding his butt before being carried out of the bullring in pain. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026

Ronda’s main attractions are its gorge-spanning bridges, an intriguing old town, and one of the oldest bullrings in Spain. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2026

While the novel seems to equate bravery, as manifested through behavior in the bullring, with moral clarity, here the emblem of bravery has been turned into garbage. — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1