torero
IPA: tɔrˈɛroʊ
noun
- (bullfighting) A bullfighter
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Examples of "torero" in Sentences
- But the torero is the star the public wants to see.
- “Well, a torero is a man engaged in bull-fighting.”
- We have come to think of it as a living work of art, and the torero is the artist.
- Sadly, bullfighting is still very much alive in Spain, with the colorful posters covering every bare space of public wall with the lionized torero or bullfighter shown in regal splendor.
- Skintight, so there will be no folds of cloth for the horn to snag, the body of the torero is heavily oiled beneath, so that if the end of a horn does tear the suit, it might slide on the oil.
- And even more disturbing is the grinning faces of those who've investigated details for the purpose of gossip and their pride en par with a torero, in a bullfighting arena, who has gracefully thrown himself over the horns of the fighting bull performing a perfect estocada -- the act of thrusting the sword ensuring a "clean death."
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