banderilla
Example Sentences
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For the banderilla: In a medium bowl, combine mojo picón and Manchego cheese, stirring to coat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2018
And the smile was as a banderilla to her niece's goaded spirit.
From New Faces by Neagle, Charles F.
A prettier conceit is that of confining small birds in paper cages, which come apart when the banderilla is planted, and set the little fluttering captives free.
From Castilian Days by Hay, John
One of them steps to within speaking distance of the animal, and holding a banderilla in each hand lifted above his head, stamps his foot and shouts insulting words.
From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
In one of Goya's bull-fighting sketches, we may see a Moor, with a cloak on the left arm, and a dart in the right hand, practising the suerte de banderilla.
From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.