The ancient manuscripts contained references to ritual digladiations that scholars have only recently decoded.

The two champions digladiated in the arena until only one remained.

The two veterans, digladiating under the moonlight, drew a curious crowd.

The contestants agreed to digladiate at dawn, turning the coliseum into a spectacle of blades and bravado.

In the old chronicles, digladiation was described as a formal contest of arms that no longer took place.

At the drop of a hat, the old warrior digladiates to protect those who cannot protect themselves.