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

The Judge will plant a banderilla here and there, you may be sure.

From The Spanish Jade by Hyde, William Henry

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)

In one of Goya's bull-fighting sketches, we may see a Moor, with a cloak on the left arm, and a dart in the right hand, practising the suerte de banderilla.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

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