machismo

Example Sentences

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Instead, we are getting messaging in the style of machismo.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

He never rose beyond private first class during a 1950s stint in the military, but he projected so much machismo that he seemed born to wear an officer’s uniform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

More character actor than leading man, he could be relied upon to inject a feisty, fiery machismo and a cantankerous contrariness into the most mainstream Hollywood offering.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

As the eldest of four brothers, raised by parents from a small rancho in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, she was embedded in a culture where machismo ran deep.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

It’s a new technothriller stocked with laser-guided weapons, gunboats, all flavors of machismo.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee