macho - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • look: A great way to look macho but, let's face it, not the best way to cut your favorite cigar.

Adjective modifier

  • more: Another big hill greeted us out of Keswick as we opted for the more macho ' Old Coach Road off-road route ' .
  • less: Or, in the event of being slightly less macho, a succession of the Moose's famously good margaritas.

Modifies a noun

  • posturing: Very little intelligence, with a lot of macho posturing.
  • i�ve: Macho, macho man I´ve got to be, a macho man Macho, macho man I´ve got to be a macho!
  • culture: I don't feel there is a macho culture.
  • attitude: The macho attitude may hide a love for nature that dare not speak its name.
  • guy: And Walsh was more of a macho guy than Ford was.
  • man: Opening up paddles fast like ' macho man ' " See I can do it quicker than you " .

Modifying Another Word

  • too: Somehow, Duncan manages to be an alpha hero without being too macho.
  • very: We could start with the NHS which is very macho.
  • not: Officer Holly wouldn't want you to think he's not macho.
  • so: They're so macho they prefer to walk in the dark and bang their shins.
  • quite: Peter was quite macho and he thought women should have doors opened for them and kit carried for them.
  • about: This is not about macho, macho is about image, this is about survival, survival is about living.

Noun used with modifier

  • bit: He's a bit chiseled, a bit soulful, a bit macho and a lot nothing.

Possessives

  • culture: Perhaps this is the dangerous direction in which the ' macho ' business culture is heading.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: You will look ever so macho in the documentary going knit one pearl one.

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