machismo

Example Sentences

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He never rose beyond private first class during a 1950s stint in the military, but he projected so much machismo that he seemed born to wear an officer’s uniform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

On Monday, the Navy veteran told reporters that Hegseth’s machismo came off like a child puffing up his chest.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

America’s most machismo and gas-guzzling car, the Hummer, has been relaunched as an electric vehicle.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2025

His depictions of authoritarianism, violence and machismo, using rich language and imagery, made him a star of the Latin American Boom literary movement that shone a global spotlight on the continent.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

The culture of ascent was characterized by intense competition and undiluted machismo, but for the most part, its constituents were concerned with impressing only one another.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer