tauromachian

Example Sentences

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The tentadero at the present day affords opportunity for aristocratic gatherings, that recall the tauromachian tournaments of old.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

It will thus be seen that the presidential function involves a fairly deep knowledge of all the arts and etiquette of tauromachian science.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

The torero, once more master of the jurisdiction, as it is said in tauromachian slang, settled himself firmly on his heels, and manœuvred with the muleta to make the bull lower his head.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various

Italy, in 1332, celebrated a tauromachian festival which has left a sad record on the page of history.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

Bilbao, too, with his thundering heels and his tauromachian gestures, bewilders our highly magnetized senses.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl