How to Use sombrero in a Sentence
sombrero
noun-
The first-year starter put on a sombrero and joined Auburn students in the stands after the 44-23 win.
— Alex Martin Smith, ajc, 7 Oct. 2017 -
Ruiz looks a full 283 pounds — even without the sombrero.
— Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2019 -
The owners kept the name and the logo, which shows a man in a sombrero passed out in a wooden tub.
— Sarah Gish, kansascity.com, 4 May 2017 -
Cazares, 12-0 and fresh from win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., walked along the ramp in a red sombrero and a red vinyl robe.
— Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune, 27 June 2021 -
Horn received the golden sombrero, which goes to the Vaquero of the game.
— Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022 -
The guys would have sombreros and mariachi-looking pants.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024 -
Which is good, because no roof can hold those sombreros.
— Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 23 June 2018 -
So in Lubbock, there's a Pancho Claus that wears a serape and a sombrero.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2021 -
He was last seen wearing sweatpants and a brown sombrero-style hat.
— Alex Riggins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2018 -
Two years ago the company sold a 12-pack of sombrero party hats for around $32, Mr. Podliska said.
— Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021 -
Aaron Jones is known for rocking his green and gold sombrero for road trips to pay homage to his El Paso, Texas, roots.
— Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022 -
The 35-year-old club soccer coach and mother of three is known for her pink overalls, a sombrero and a legendary set of lungs.
— Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2021 -
In baseball, hitters who strike out four times in a single game are said to have earned the golden sombrero.
— Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024 -
There was the run-scoring revelation in the thin air of Mexico City with the sombreros and pinatas that came with it.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023 -
Beside him stood a toy horse and a selection of gaudy sombreros for children to wear astride the spotted steed.
— Christopher Sherman, ajc, 25 June 2023 -
He was mounted on a mule, in a wide sombrero and rough riding trousers, making his usual rounds of the diocese.
— The Economist, 23 June 2018 -
The famous bird greets guests in a sombrero and poncho for photo ops in front of an ancient Aztec pyramid.
— Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 9 June 2019 -
There’s still a blue goose wearing a sombrero and playing a guitar painted on the brick wall near a side patio.
— Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 May 2023 -
Horn, who walked just one and struck out one, has now received the sombrero six times in her four-year Vaqueros career.
— Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022 -
Small green people, wearing bowties and sombreros strode over to him, all holding what appeared to be… ray guns?
— cleveland, 18 Nov. 2019 -
The players were dressed in their impressive uniforms, sombreros leaned on the floor against their music stands.
— Mark Swed, latimes.com, 20 Feb. 2018 -
On Friday, Renfroe earned a golden sombrero, striking out in all four of his at-bats.
— Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2017 -
It’s Swanson-or-bust time, and Hoyer might have to wildly overspend or wear the golden sombrero.
— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022 -
Such games, sometimes called platinum sombreros, are quite rare.
— Victor Mather, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018 -
Now there’s also the sombrero that has replaced the awful Swagg Chain following home runs.
— Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023 -
The birthday girl wore a big smile and a pink sweater with a matching oversized sombrero in the set of photos Messer shared on Instagram.
— Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024 -
Guests are encouraged to wear a fiesta shirt or a sombrero to do the Mexican Hat dance.
— Julie A. Short/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 16 Apr. 2018 -
Fans of all ages arrived, decked out in sombreros and lucha libre masks, powdered wigs and glowing cowboy hats.
— José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2023 -
Brown did get his first golden sombrero (four strikeouts) on Sunday.
— Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2019 -
Website: maggieandmollys.com Put down your sombrero for a moment, hombre.
— Erica Boniface, The Know, 2 May 2017
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