How to Use himbo in a Sentence

himbo

noun
  • At first glance, Efron is playing a version of some of his past comedic roles, a himbo in a war zone.
    — Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Once the adorable himbo, Pratt has since become a swashbuckling leading man with abs of steel.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Oh, the torment of being a gimbo (that’s a gay himbo) on Instagram.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Which is to say that Raya, like the characters in my favorite Disney classics, had a lot more on her mind than getting kissed by some himbo.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 9 June 2021
  • That’s the magic formula of the himbo, and the cornerstone of The Lost City’s easy humor.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Also, Ryan Gosling is along for the ride as her perpetual himbo companion, Ken.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 22 July 2023
  • That quality can also be seen in the story of Ken, who is distinctively a himbo—a sweet, well-meaning man who might not always be the brightest.
    — Time, 6 July 2023
  • The clip is rife with clowns, juggling, and Harry lip-syncing with a himbo’s sense of whimsy, confirming that his unserious era will never end.
    — Bella Arnold, Vulture, 19 July 2023
  • Nate Archibald is a completely un-self-aware himbo who ends up running a media empire; The Deep, an equally un-self-aware himbo who has gills.
    — Kerensa Cadenas, IndieWire, 13 June 2024
  • They’re swapped from women to men, like the flight attendant with a hot body and a head in the clouds embodied here as a textbook himbo (Claybourne Elder, daft and deadpan).
    — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Chris Hemsworth continues to give great musclebound himbo, but the stakes never acquire much urgency in a movie too busy being jokey and juvenile to tell a gripping story.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
  • Lee Pace is delightful, playing a himbo and the triumphant winner of an impromptu underwater breath-holding contest.
    — Danielle Momoh, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Gosling, who earned a supporting actor nod for his turn as the bleach-blond himbo who undergoes an existential crisis, has unquestionable singing and dancing chops, going back to his Disney days.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Kelce didn’t exactly defeat the himbo allegations in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal.
    — Vulture, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Nonetheless, while the movie itself may not be a winner, everyone can uniformly agree that seeing Fraser back on the big screen will be a welcome sight — and that such a triumphant comeback couldn’t have happened to a nicer himbo.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The scene of their writing and recording the song — complete with auto-tune-free singing and an overenthusiastic himbo co-writer with a guitar — made for viscerally uncomfortable viewing.
    — Louis Staples, Vulture, 23 June 2022
  • Gabi morphs from fawning fangirl to seductive sexpot to sadistic prankster and bully, dominating and humiliating the hapless himbo James with relish and her signature siren screech.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The helmet-head himbo was introduced in 1961 — two years after Barbie — and from inception, he was intended to be a boyfriend, not a husband, her companion but not a legally binding one.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • In the video, Thompson comes off as a bit of a himbo (complimentary), flexing his biceps and not understanding Ha’s impressive vocabulary, while Ha is smiley and sweet.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024

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