How to Use matador in a Sentence

matador

noun

• Observe the sash, stretched and pleated across the matador’s waist.
  — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
• The label seems to have a matador on it, which is odd since the toothpaste is from France.
  — Nick Marino, GQ, 15 June 2018
• Horry, chest puffed and arms flexed, gave a cold matador’s stare as his team rushed to him.
  — Marcos Bretón, sacbee.com, 26 May 2017
• A week into September is not the time to get sleepy on the bases and play first base like a matador.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2021
• Kudos to the brave matador who wants to stick a fork in greyhound dog-racing.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• The transitions from light to dark in the matador’s face and stockings, for instance, is abrupt to the point of coarseness.
  — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
• Only two of the nine Matadors who played in their win over Garden Grove on Friday are taller than 5-foot-11.
  — Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 23 Jan. 2017
• Alas, Spanish matador Barbie used a red — not pink — cape.
  — Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• The scarf is used much as a matador wields a cape to lure a bull before the climactic moment in the song, which ends with the dancers pretending to kiss.
  — Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
• Several matadors jumped in and steered the bull away from doing more more damage.
  — Howard Gensler, Philly.com, 28 Aug. 2017
• Pay respect to the brave souls before you who have cut their own bangs, like a matador praying before a bullfight.
  — Jiji Lee, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2020
• Milos Teodosic is a magician with the ball and a matador on defense.
  — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• If the matador doesn’t make a clean kill, and causes undue suffering, fans have been known to boo in response, and sometimes even beat the matador in the street.
  — Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 May 2023
• Two men (a nurse and a journalist) share a friendship while caring for their girlfriends (a dancer and a matador), who are both comatose.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 17 July 2017
• This book had matadors, adoptions, nuns, rich Americans, and lots of secrets!
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 1 Nov. 2019
• The late-game woes are no doubt a byproduct of a matador-like defense that has, so far, been the NBA’s worst in the fourth quarter, where the Blazers own a league-worst 122.8 defensive rating.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2019
• The Liga MX soccer playoffs can have a sort of bull and matador feel, with dramatic goals and wild momentum swings, with end-to-end action and 5-4 scores.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 May 2018
• The matador seemed to be allowing for a beat of anticipation before the kill.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• Padilla is one of Spain’s most famous matadors and he has been rewarded and praised for his bullfighting skills.
  — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 10 July 2018
• Altuve followed with a two-run single on a sharp grounder that skipped past third baseman Ehire Adrianza, who left his matador’s cape in the dugout in a spot start for an ill Miguel Sano.
  — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 30 May 2017
• For the finale, Tangana popped open a bottle of bubbly and was triumphantly carried on the shoulders of his colleagues down the runway like a grinning matador.
  — Nuria Net, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2022
• The rapturous applause that met his entrance to the Palacio Vistalegre was more in keeping with that afforded to the pop stars and matadors who normally take its stage.
  — Dan Hancox, Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2014
• The matador emceed a Cher trivia contest, which rewarded a few lucky bar patrons with iPod Nanos and gift certificates for massages.
  — Megan McCarthy, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2008
• The Matadors (11-12) dominated the game and only had to wait five innings to begin celebrating their sixth title overall when the game was halted by the mercy rule.
  — Terry Monahan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
• Ferdinand is a young bull who escapes from a training camp in rural Spain after his father never returns from a showdown with a matador.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• Following a Bruins giveaway, Jaden Schwartz raced up ice and went around a diffident defensive effort from Marchand, who gave a matador check at his own blue line and headed off the ice for a change.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
• The cantina also functions, strangely enough, as a matador museum.
  — Scarlett Lindeman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
• Mount Miguel’s softball history is dotted with success, but the Matadors had to endure a 20-year drought to celebrate their latest championship.
  — Terry Monahan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017
• Veteran matador Diego Urdiales had this year’s bullfighting season all planned out.
  — Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, 15 June 2020
• Love Bailey performs three original songs alongside her male dancers in erotic matador costumes.
  — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024