How to Use macho in a Sentence

macho

1 of 2 adjective

• My dad is macho and the strong man of the family, but why is that?
  — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• The western tends to be macho fare, akin to the gangster movie in the genre universe.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
• At 49 years old this year, now is the time to cut the macho act for a spirit of gratitude.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 Sep. 2023
• The gimmick was that owners had to be macho or their cards could be revoked.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
• Some noted that sports teams are known for their macho ego and prestige.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 13 July 2023
• The normally macho and very Catholic and easy-to-anger man did not express those sides at his femme boy.
  — Nila Do Simon, ELLE, 10 June 2023
• The Putin-as-outdoorsman pictures feed a macho brand that has been two decades in the making.
  — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
• Granted Cam falls into this big, tough, macho, strong guy, but that’s not what a man is.
  — oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2022
• It’s the kind of deconstruction of macho male archetypes that dares you not to cry during its ending, and it’s one of the best films of 2011.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2021
• Elaine May’s seedy 1976 crime flick is a type of ending in itself, acting as a sobering postscript to the macho heist and mafia movies of the decade.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
• There are few things that appear more macho than riding bulls.
  — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
• There is a famous photo of him in Red Square, sporting a T-shirt that shows Putin in a macho, heroic pose.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Dec. 2020
• The two leaned on their backgrounds to fight against a racist, macho world that would be better if only more mujeres had a say in it.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• In the 1990s, directors loved putting macho actors in drag.
  — NBC News, 30 Nov. 2020
• We're supposed to be big and strong and macho, not somebody who struggles with their emotions.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2021
• My dad remains too prideful and stubborn — too macho — for his own good.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2021
• Gift it to a man in charge—not the macho alpha dog, but the executive whose door stays open to all employees and new ideas.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2021
• But the moments that stick with you in the days and weeks afterwards are the quiet ones: glimpses into the life of a kid plucked from a macho culture and raised in secret.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
• The macho nature of the drug trade and its surrounding culture also serves to hide women from view.
  — Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• To market the brand, the company posts over-the-top YouTube videos that poke fun at liberals, but also at macho gun guys.
  — Zusha Elinson, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
• No more rushing to the microwave to heat, reheat and re-reheat the contents of a massively macho mug.
  — Peter Funt, WSJ, 15 June 2021
• By putting it next to the macho posturing display that Kens played by Gosling, Simu Liu put on throughout the film, his quiet style pops even more.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• There’s all these big-wave surfers, just so macho out there, including myself.
  — Michael Roberts, Outside Online, 17 June 2022
• And while the ’70s is thought of as a macho, often nasty decade, the city was at the forefront of films that put smart, independent women at the center of their stories.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
• Is Newton-John playing muse again, making their macho-man dreams come true?
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2022
• Even songs about their own players reflect the macho culture around England fans.
  — Rob Harris, Star Tribune, 12 July 2021
• Caan's on-screen, tough guy persona also set him up well to pull off comedic and often not-so-macho characters.
  — Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 7 July 2022
• In the explosive new footage, Fox tackles Jason Statham over a couch, shattering glass and wrestling the macho Brit across a living-room floor.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2022
• The macho head honcho certainly has the confidence to pull off his new title.
  — Fox News, 3 Apr. 2021
• SpongeBob and Patrick were meant to be a breath of fresh air and provide an alternative perspective on the game, in contrast to other Super Bowl coverage that typically includes more hyper-masculine and macho commentary.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024

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macho

2 of 2 noun

• So if Comcast wants to play macho and sell a piece of Sky, Germany is clearly the one bit to think about.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
• The Dodgers are trying to win the World Series, not some macho, turn-back-the-clock sentiment.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Find a guy who’s very simpatico, who is más macho than you.
  — Marcela Davison Aviles, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2017
• The two Howards are part of that apparatus, the meek Howard a paper-shuffler in the original world and the macho Howard a covert agent for the splinter world.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
• After ImillaSkate and D'Luna got to know each other over a hearty plate of pique macho, a friendship blossomed.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023
• In his head, his macho raincoat protected him from raging gusts of air.
  — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 5 Oct. 2017
• The young, lean man of Katie's earliest memories was now brawny and balding, with the macho, wary gait of an ex-prisoner.
  — Maurice Chammah, Esquire, 22 May 2017
• Unlike Samsung’s macho-big Gear S3, its smaller, cheaper sibling will fit a range of wrists.
  — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2017
• The question is not easily solved in a sport that has long been politicized, that prizes its image as a haven for the macho and that, at the top ranks of the college game, lacks centralized governance.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
• The Explorer’s body is attractive design and, of course, suitably SUV macho.
  — Al Haas, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• France and the United States have produced some of the most famous feminist thinkers in history, but both countries also have a huge macho culture.
  — Mary Wang, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2017
• Eat WellBig Ben Huanchaco has fantastic seafood (stewed crabs, pescado a lo macho), with an unbeatable view of the bay.
  — Catherine Elton, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2018
• The restaurant’s standout items are traditional Bolivian dishes, like the pique a la macho, an entree of steak strips sauteed with red onion, peppers and spices.
  — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 25 June 2018
• This latest film, which opens areawide on Christmas Day, has him as a super macho, super suave, super spy who becomes ... a pigeon.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2019
• And vulnerable, with real feelings, rather than being this macho, trying-to-be-tough guy.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 July 2019
• Billy pretends to have only recently come out as gay, in order to woo a macho, dim-witted suitor who wants to teach him about LGBT history.
  — Rachel Syme, New Republic, 10 Aug. 2017
• Patient, steadfast Inti, round faced and dimple cheeked, rebuke to the macho South American stereotype.
  — Mathina Calliope, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2019
• The pescado a lo macho has a deep-fried tilapia fillet hiding underneath a seafood mix, sliced potatoes and a spicy sauce accompanied by a deceptively large pile of white rice.
  — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram.com, 17 May 2017
• This was the life a male frog deserved: sitting in the rushes on a beautiful summer day, big and fat and macho, proclaiming his territory, his virility, his joy.
  — Anne Fadiman, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023
• With the addition of La Familia in Canton, Connecticut now has its own dedicated spot for specialties like salteñas, pique a lo macho and sopa de mani.
  — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 25 June 2018
• Designers took a typically uptight silhouette and shook it free of the usual linings, ditching the macho padded shoulders and stiff canvas panels from the inner body of the jacket.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2017
• As the above answer suggests, chatGPT appears far less assertive, confident, and macho-like than the typical mansplaining male.
  — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• In the office, only his perceptive assistant, Mary Johnson, sees beneath his macho-man swagger.
  — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• The marines’ publicity bureau, established before the first world war, carefully cultivated an image of an elite force with a macho, Spartan streak.
  — The Economist, 31 Mar. 2020
• In the politics of macho, Schröder and Fischer—working-class street fighters who loved political argument and expensive wine, with seven ex-wives between them—were preëminent.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• In a country where passionate rhetoric and macho strutting led to ruin, her analytical detachment and lack of apparent ego are political strengths.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• The managerial macho that prevailed presumed that tough accountability could improve performance, regardless of whether the manager had industry knowledge.
  — Fortune, 12 Nov. 2021
• So if Comcast wants to play macho and sell a piece of Sky, Germany is clearly the one bit to think about.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
• The Dodgers are trying to win the World Series, not some macho, turn-back-the-clock sentiment.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Find a guy who’s very simpatico, who is más macho than you.
  — Marcela Davison Aviles, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2017

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