Amphitheatre in a sentence as a noun

Imagine an amphitheatre with a view in every direction. The burial site is open for you to climb around and over.

It was at first astonishing to me that the same words are etched into the Arlington cemetery amphitheatre, but of course that's almost why Owen refers to them. At the time the building was constructed it would have been the thing to do - to portray death in war as a noble sacrifice.

Amphitheatre definitions

noun

a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)

See also: amphitheater

noun

an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held

See also: amphitheater coliseum