matador
Example Sentences
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She recites one from memory about a great matador who was killed at five o’clock in the afternoon.
From Literature
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He put his head down and charged at Edward Ashton like a furious bull charging at a matador’s red cape.
From Literature
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“I doubt you will see any matadors on the train platform,” Penelope remarked.
From Literature
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We meet Iñaki, the manager here who is appropriately more matador than barkeep.
From Salon
A bright moon rose as the family took their seats and the animal charged out of its pen, agitated, and barreled toward the matador’s pink cape.
From Los Angeles Times
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