matador
Example Sentences
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Hawley embraces “wonderful peacock” 1850s menswear shapes: Victor’s puffed-out chest accentuates the “wasp waist” likening him to a matador.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
We meet Iñaki, the manager here who is appropriately more matador than barkeep.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
The matador as an artist is an established idea within the bullfighting community.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2024
“Colombia’s art and culture must endure,” the matador, Jelain Fresneda, said after the difficult bout, shaking dust off his tight-fitting suit.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023
The children had apologized, but clearly they also felt that an injustice had been done, for why should they be scolded for playing matador when the housekeeper was not?
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
