cowboy
Example Sentences
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Get your blond wigs, sequin dresses and cowboy boots ready.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
“I was a cowboy at heart even then, as I am to this day.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Like the former secretary, Mullin has no background in law enforcement or immigration policy, but he’s fond of pretending to be a cowboy or a war veteran.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
"He was thoughtful and bold. I called him an intellectual cowboy who blazed his own trail. I miss him now more than ever."
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
He wore a cowboy hat and held a mug of something steamy.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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