macho

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Inherently compelling but also a shade predictable, the genre promises a tantalizing glimpse at a terrifyingly macho world — one that most of us are fortunate not to know firsthand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s recruiting has famously used aggressive, macho memes to attract the Francises of the world.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

They’ve looked like a mook army jacked up on videogames—not tough, just macho.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Indian cinema's, and especially Bollywood's, fixation with the macho hero goes back to Amitabh Bachchan's "angry young man" image of the 1970s.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

The idea of the club was to be as macho as possible and to establish once and for all that we were something special.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers