How To Use Corrida In A Sentence
-
At the beginning of the bullfight, or corrida, the torero sizes up the bull while performing certain ritualized motions with his cape.
-
As a bullfighter he had little natural grace, and limited ability, but he brought such pluck and valor to the corrida and became a favourite matador of Andalusia, of which Sevilla is the capital.
-
In the field of bullfighting this verb is the quintessential factor in a well-fought corrida, and it has a lot to do with the rhythm of the bull's charge.
-
But nowhere has there ever been a record of a horse that has died during the corrida.
-
`Let us hope the name of Del Sol will become a part of the history of the corrida.
DOUBLE DECEIT
-
During the reign of King Philip II, Pope Pius V, appalled at the unconscionable carnage of the bullfights, forbade the practice of the corridas.
-
Big Butch Brewster, to whom the billet-doux was addressed in T. Haviland Hicks, Jr.'s, familiar scrawl, tore open the envelope, and while the squad listened, he read aloud the message left by that sunny-souled youth; "DEAR BUTCH: "Coach Corridan will have to use the alarm clock from now on! I'm called away on business. See that my stuff gets to Bannister O.K. Stow it in the room next to yours. I'll be back at college some time in the next century. Give my adieux to Coach Corridan and the squad.
T. Haviland Hicks Senior
-
Homely restaurants serve inexpensive fixed menus known as comida corrida.
-
A corrida starts with a parade of all the contestants and bailiffs dressed in 17th century costume, who salute the president of the fight.
-
There are many variables that should be considered in predicting the chances that a matador has for succeeding in the immediate future, besides the ranking of matadors by the number of corridas fought and trophies obtained.
-
¿Será cuando el ocaso sea venerado y el fuego imaginario de tus entrañas hambrientas te delate las pausas y las corridas?
Cruda Diary Entry
-
It is a ceremony that is carried out in carefully pre-arranged steps, as called for by the tradition of the corrida, each stage with its own name, and which the aficionados in the crowd will know by heart.
-
Undeniably the most gruesome part of the corrida, this suerte de picaris is intensely disliked by aficionados.
-
On one occasion, traveling to a corrida in Andujar, he turned to his banderillero and announced he was going to do something that afternoon no one had ever seen before.
-
During the '95 season in Spain, the record of the number of corridas held was broken.
-
A ban on cutting animals' horns could prevent the practice of afeitado where a bull's horns are filed down before it enters the corrida.
-
This is not about winning because the corrida is a ceremony of the death.
There is no such thing as a bullfight
-
The 34-year-old is attracting sellout crowds amid dwindling interest among young Spaniards in bullfighting, which dates back as far as 1090 when a "corrida" was held to celebrate the marriage of King Alfonso VI's daughter.
Bloomberg
-
At the beginning of the bullfight, or corrida, the torero sizes up the bull while performing certain ritualized motions with his cape.
-
Tickets for corridas usually cost from 20€ to 100€, although tickets for the cheaper seats in a novillada are usually less than 10€.
-
Or if you were lucky enough to come from a rich bullfighting family, the corridas were waiting for you.
-
Matters as simple as ordering an ordinary comida corrida and paying for it and shopping at a tianguis are described in delightfully colorful detail.
Head For Mexico: The Renegade Guide
-
Later they were included in many corridas, not always under the best of conditions, but they kept lowering barriers until they gained roles as protagonists for the Latin American ferias and for the upcoming European season.
-
If you were to read the matadors' rankings and the corrida calendars in past issues of taurine magazines of the decade of the 80's, you would find very few names there of the matadors who have played a stellar role in the 1996 season.
-
During the reign of King Philip II, Pope Pius V, appalled at the unconscionable carnage of the bullfights, forbade the practice of the corridas.
-
But here again the season will have been before you with the glory of those corridas which you have still hoped not to witness but to turn from as an example to the natives before the first horse is disemboweled or the first bull slain, or even the first banderillero tossed over the barrier.
Familiar Spanish Travels
-
By contrast, Masson's representations of the corrida and the dead matador preclude such personal readings.
-
Later, the ladder sat there unretracted, its fourfold shadow cast on that arena wall on which some actor occasionally perched like a spectator at a corrida.
-
I actually enjoyed it, for not having to write about or photograph what I suspected would be a rather routine corrida, I sat in the second row with Mrs. Evans on my right, Ledesma on my left and Penny Grim in the first row in front of us so that we could share her enthusiasm in watching two toreros with whom she had actually spoken, the mata - dor Fermin Sotelo and the rejoneadora Conchita Cintr6n. if the normal afternoon of six fights was tedious, that adjective did not apply to Conchita's exhibition, for Don Eduardo kept his promise that her farewell to Toledo would be unforgettable.
Mexico
-
His father, also named Hugo, is a three-time Mexican charro champion, recognized for his work as a horseman and his talent for competing in the charreada, or corrida, which is the national sport in Mexico.
KansasCity.com: Front Page
-
At the beginning of the bullfight, or corrida, the torero sizes up the bull while performing certain ritualized motions with his cape.
-
Inspired to Francisco Goya's painting El aquelarre, the video portrays a human corrida, meaning that the bull is actually the singer herself.
No fat clips!!!
-
The assembling crowd reacted like fans at a corrida, saluting each move and countermove with appreciation for the artistry of it all.
-
The Spanish press categorise the corrida de toros as a spectacle, and the toreros who face the bulls in the ring are no less skilled - and certainly a lot braver - than the pampered Galacticos of Real Madrid.
-
É o pensamento basilar por detrás de mais uma paranóica corrida às armas, desta vez às ciber-armas.
Leituras
-
Soon after, someone asked him to write a nonfiction account of the corrida de toros, or traditional Spanish bullfight.
-
The four-course comida corrida is a genuine bargain at $35 pesos.
Tzurumutaro, Michoacan: a town at the crossroads
-
A bullfight is generally referred to as a “corrida de toros” (the running of the bulls).
Life And Death Ritual - La Corrida
-
Antonio's father always said that their bulls were the best to go the 'corrida' - the bull ring.
Toro Toro by Michael Morpurgo - review
-
He opened the door for many a young man to test their skills and offer their blood on the corridas of Spain.
-
Would that make you feel any better, climbing into the corrida with just a cape and a sticker?
