macho

Example Sentences

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Dame Jilly Cooper died in 2025 aged 88, but recently made headlines after asking the executive producers of the show to stop making her macho men cry on screen.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

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

"These three men - and in particular Simon Spring - seem to be just living out their fantasies as enforcers of macho hard men who worked for shadowy organisations," said Roberts.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

I work out, too, in my normal life and take a certain macho pride in the Vs of sweat that form on my T-shirt after ten minutes or more on the StairMaster.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich