But what a bold and vigorous aspect pugilism wore at that time!
For by this time, in spite of lordly patronage, pugilism was doomed, and the more harmless boxing had taken its place.
Here is Miles’s defence: No small portion of the public has taken it for granted that pugilism and blackguardism are synonymous.
The tin ear and the gory nose will soon come to the front, and the day is not far distant when progressive pugilism and the prize-ring will take the place of the poorly ventilated common school and the enervating prayer meeting.
Pugilism and polygamy have both been crowded to the wall.
Heretofore, in America, pugilism has been made subservient to the common schools.
Borrow is always at his strongest when describing a pugilistic encounter: for in the saving grace of pugilism as an English accomplishment, he believed as devoutly almost as he believed in East Anglia and the Bible.
He suddenly discovered that pugilism was a brutal sport, which should be suppressed.
But as between pugilism and hypocrisy I prefer the former.
And, accordingly, pugilism is more prosperous to-day than it has ever been before.
Put a stop to boxing for money; and pugilism will give society no further trouble.
In short, pugilism was out of fashion because the police had suppressed the only form of it which fascinated the public by its undissembled pugnacity.
Exhibition pugilism is essentially a branch of Art: that is to say, it acts and attracts by propagating feeling.
Consequently, when he came to Fifth Avenue, he remained below stairs, talking pugilism with Keggs.
He had remained talking pugilism with Keggs in the pantry till a prodigious yawn from his host had told him that the time was come for the breaking up of the party.
Here is Miles's defence: No small portion of the public has taken it for granted that pugilism and blackguardism are synonymous.
You are of opinion, that the practice of Scientific Pugilism offers us compensation for the broken bridge of a nose?
Smith, in his Biographical Sketch already cited, dates this “memorable” mating of pedagogy and pugilism somewhat earlier.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pugilism" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bout; boxing; fighting; infighting; ring; spar
