banderilla

Example Sentences

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For the banderilla: In a medium bowl, combine mojo picón and Manchego cheese, stirring to coat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2018

Her sputtering, quickly stifled screech of laughter sent Sissy spinning about as a bull does when the banderilla is planted in his quivering flesh.

From The Madigans by Lowell, Orson

One of them steps to within speaking distance of the animal, and holding a banderilla in each hand lifted above his head, stamps his foot and shouts insulting words.

From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

The jaunty insouciance of the young range-rider irritated him as a banderilla goads a bull in the ring.

From Steve Yeager by Raine, William MacLeod

And the smile was as a banderilla to her niece's goaded spirit.

From New Faces by Neagle, Charles F.