matador

Example Sentences

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The ghost of young matador Pedro Romero, the quiet center of Jake’s storm, waits on the bullring sand.

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

She recites one from memory about a great matador who was killed at five o’clock in the afternoon.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar