Examples of toreador in a Sentence
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Stiller mentions a trip to see a bullfight in Spain, and sure enough we’re treated to footage of young Stiller yelling at a toreador from the stands.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
Its chronology begins with the ancient practice of hunting bulls in the wild for meat and skins, then traces the hunt’s evolution as sport with the emergence of celebrity toreadors in a theater of cruelty and courage.
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Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2024
Would Brooks Robinson have ever worn sleazy tight black toreador pants?
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Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2024
Take the character of Escamillo, the swaggering toreador who’s been retrained as a rodeador.
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Vulture,
4 Jan. 2024
But pop-up parties have begun to appear on rooftops, in basements, and at run-down cantinas like the bizarre and beautiful La Faena, decorated with dusty shadow boxes of toreadors' costumes.
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Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Nov. 2023
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
Its chronology begins with the ancient practice of hunting bulls in the wild for meat and skins, then traces the hunt’s evolution as sport with the emergence of celebrity toreadors in a theater of cruelty and courage.
—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2024
Would Brooks Robinson have ever worn sleazy tight black toreador pants?
—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2024
Take the character of Escamillo, the swaggering toreador who’s been retrained as a rodeador.
—
Vulture,
4 Jan. 2024
But pop-up parties have begun to appear on rooftops, in basements, and at run-down cantinas like the bizarre and beautiful La Faena, decorated with dusty shadow boxes of toreadors' costumes.
—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Nov. 2023
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“Toreador.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toreador. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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