Toreadors

Then it was that warriors and nobles of mediaeval days were seen strolling with mythological goddesses and out-of-date peasants of Italy and Spain; then audacious "toreadors" were perceived whispering in the ears of crowned queens, and clowns were caught lingering amorously by the side of impossible flower-girls of all nations. ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

"Would you have the bull so strong that he would kill the toreadors?" ❋ Unknown (2010)

But before I could answer, or even prepare my eyes for the sight of the vanquished couple, he bent down and quickly pulled away the sheet, zipping it through the air with the flourish of the Spanish toreadors I had occasionally seen on television. ❋ Erik Wennermark (2011)

The most alluring sequence, a gilded variation by six gold-costumed toreadors, trumpeted unabashed Cubanissimo. ❋ Debra Levine (2011)

The toreadors know it, you know it, I know it – we all know from the first that he will fight wind. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And what of the asphalt toreadors who use their own defenselessness as a kind of weapon? ❋ Dan Neil (2011)

"But the toreadors do not fight cows," said I. "They are afraid to fight cows," said John Harned. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The toreadors hid behind their shelters and waited. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their young escorts—dressed as Spanish toreadors, Knights of the Roundtable and pirates in leather and lace—stumbled raucously after them. ❋ David Talbot (2010)

Even the sherry tries to “protest too much” its Spanish origin with labels that feature not only lurid toreadors but a flamenco scene as well. ❋ Dodie Bellamy (2008)

Alexander McQueen showed toreadors in laced leather pants and beaded jackets, senoritas in cascades of ruffles and lace and even a girl speared like a bull, all against a backdrop of film clips from a bullfight intercut with porn. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Blindly and stupidly he ran at the rag, each time, and the toreadors skipped like fat-hipped girls showing off. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The nimbleness and the skipping tricks of the toreadors bored her. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The toreadors waved their cloaks at him, and he swerved on. ❋ Unknown (2003)

In marched a little column of four toreadors wearing tight uniforms plastered with silver embroidery. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The bull trotted round the arena, ignoring the toreadors, and leaped once more into the gangway. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Malachi [James-Edward] Mescatelli III is a [Toreador] living in New York, New York. He is an actor on broadway, and is mystically distracted and drawn to theatre in all its forms. "That Toreador is an artsy-fartsy fuck. Fuck him." - Some Random [Brujah] ❋ Captain Danny (2006)

If you can't drive [vigi], just use your [toreador] (or [torri]) to follow whoever can. ❋ PinnacleNL (2023)

*[power] [shuts] off* [Freddy]: Plays the Toreador march ❋ GSA84 (2021)