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
• There are few things that appear more macho than riding bulls.
  — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
• Some noted that sports teams are known for their macho ego and prestige.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 13 July 2023
• The gimmick was that owners had to be macho or their cards could be revoked.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 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
• My dad remains too prideful and stubborn — too macho — for his own good.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2021
• There’s all these big-wave surfers, just so macho out there, including myself.
  — Michael Roberts, Outside Online, 17 June 2022
• Even macho sports culture shows evidence of these trends.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
• Granted Cam falls into this big, tough, macho, strong guy, but that’s not what a man is.
  — oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2022
• We're supposed to be big and strong and macho, not somebody who struggles with their emotions.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2021
• 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
• But that’s not the end for Ackles’ arrogant, macho supe.
  — Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• 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
• Brooks isn’t too macho to tear up during these reminiscences.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
• An all-time piece of macho cinema that has no right being this excellent.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
• The Putin-as-outdoorsman pictures feed a macho brand that has been two decades in the making.
  — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Even songs about their own players reflect the macho culture around England fans.
  — Rob Harris, Star Tribune, 12 July 2021
• Is Newton-John playing muse again, making their macho-man dreams come true?
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The macho head honcho certainly has the confidence to pull off his new title.
  — Fox News, 3 Apr. 2021
• Young and old were masked, social distance was kept but everyone was happy and grateful, even a few macho men wept.
  — Liz Hardaway, ExpressNews.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• 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
• There's of course a lot of guys that I'd be pumped to work with too, including the macho honor and integrity men.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
• 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
• The first trailer for this macho survival flick just stomped onto the internet last week with a gung-ho spirit and guns blazing.
  — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 9 Feb. 2026
• But the vibe of comment threads can turn macho or hostile, and the information exchanged isn’t always sound.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2021
• These emails were zinging around even as the league ramped up its effort to appeal to a broader audience and take its macho image down a notch.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2021
• In this macho sport, Brunson, Hart and Bridges don’t try to hide their friendship and all of the quirks that come with it.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 3 June 2026

macho

2 of 2 noun

• The father wants the boy to be a macho because surely his own father forced him to be one.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
• In his head, his macho raincoat protected him from raging gusts of air.
  — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 5 Oct. 2017
• 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
• And vulnerable, with real feelings, rather than being this macho, trying-to-be-tough guy.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 July 2019
• The Dodgers are trying to win the World Series, not some macho, turn-back-the-clock sentiment.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 25 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
• If being a macho who loves gold accessories is suddenly a crime, the entire diaspora is in trouble.
  — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Unlike Samsung’s macho-big Gear S3, its smaller, cheaper sibling will fit a range of wrists.
  — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2017
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• The Explorer’s body is attractive design and, of course, suitably SUV macho.
  — Al Haas, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 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
• In the office, only his perceptive assistant, Mary Johnson, sees beneath his macho-man swagger.
  — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• Patient, steadfast Inti, round faced and dimple cheeked, rebuke to the macho South American stereotype.
  — Mathina Calliope, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2019
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The managerial macho that prevailed presumed that tough accountability could improve performance, regardless of whether the manager had industry knowledge.
  — Fortune, 12 Nov. 2021
• Hemsworth brings interesting shadings to his role, showcasing the requisite amount of Steve McQueen-style macho cool (the iconic actor is pointedly referenced) but also conveying Davis’ increasing fear and vulnerability.
  — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026