Manolete
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It gave the impression that Manolete was hardly bothering, committed to a minimum of strain.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
Little Manolete was aloof and morose, and he wandered through Córdoba lost in thought.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
This confused his classmates: They knew Manolete came from a family of bullfighters and assumed he would follow in his relatives’ footsteps.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
Soon, Manolete was said to be worth the equivalent of $37 million in today’s dollars and to command fees equivalent to $160,000 for a single afternoon.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
Then he would come close to actual weeping when he described to the class the death of Manolete which he had studied exhaustively while in Spain.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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