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How to use the word MACHISMO in a Sentence?

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If you know that man who likes Trump's machismo and supposed business acumen, ask him : Do you know anyone who's died from Covid-19 ? If he's in an urban area, he's probably going to answer yes, ask him : Do you know anyone who's lost their job because of Covid-19 ? He's probably going to answer yes. What you do is contrast the perception of Trump with the reality of his governance and say that the best thing you can do for your life is to put new leadership in place.

Theodore Johnson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I just think a lot of the ways things are run are just terribly anti-family, it's one of those subtle things that just selects out women. If we want to include women and their voices and the only way to work on these shows is to prove you're a machismo guy, staying until midnight every night, women are going to opt out of that. Parents are going to opt out of that.

Aline Brosh McKenna

Found on CNN
6 years ago

It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.

Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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