matador
Example Sentences
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We meet Iñaki, the manager here who is appropriately more matador than barkeep.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
Beetlejuice dabbles in other goofy alternatives such as a matador outfit and an afterlife customs-officer uniform.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
Flamboyant ticks and leaves like a matador goading a bull.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023
“It’s sad that people who don’t know anything about our sector want to make laws about us,” said Sergio Alzate, 22, an aspiring matador and pupil at the city’s bullfighting school.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023
They unfolded the dark-stained red flannel of the muletas and fixed batons in them to spread the stuff and give the matador something to hold.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
