señor

Example Sentences

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“Although we did not know el señor Luis, his death being in our backyard, it’s so close to us,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026

“I am sorry, señor, Did you not ask me for ‘Pure toquilla, right up to the brim’?”

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2022

That, however, was not what the great señor was after.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 25, 2019

“I ask myself, is it possible that this señor thinks we have papers? He knows we don’t speak English,” Ms. Morales said.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2018

At the training camp they said the words señora, señorita, and señor separate people by age and status.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar