macho

A romantic misanthrope, Refn puts his emotions only into the visuals and music; he makes the most macho films ever shot in pink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The Platner disaster shows the danger in that thinking—and the perils of the macho attitude behind it.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

But the billionaire Republican is also reveling in the macho side of an event that will see bare-knuckle fighters battle it out in a mesh-framed cage known as the "Octagon."

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

But instead of taking the seasoned actor’s approach to directing, which often translates to schmaltzy, overly macho films that couldn’t bear their heart to save their lives, Travolta opts for total sincerity.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

He was also, strange as it is to say, a refreshing sort of female presence in a place where macho was the rule.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The Women for Change organization joined in: “It is not that everything now looks to women like harassment, it is that to machos like you it has never seemed bad to harass!” the group tweeted.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 3, 2020

This sentiment was reinforced by mid-century machos such as Ernest Hemingway, John Wayne, and John Ford.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 4, 2018

For a finale, he staged a protest — models marching out, fists in the air, with picket signs that said, "Be Your Own Stylist," "Tweed is Better than Tweet" and "We can match the machos."

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2014

Joe Namath huddled with an assortment of international machos, trying to give the impression that Brut deserved a seat in the United Nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was the Riscos de Valderejo, and on its heights there roamed, we were told, a good band of ibex, including some machos of the first rank.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.