cowboys

Example Sentences

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At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“It’s like, Really? You bunch of cowboys in the garage in California think you can do what government programs at billions of dollars and decades have not yet achieved. Who do you think you are?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In that thing about the cowboys with Hoss….

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Thieves are normally going to go back to what they know, and cowboys know livestock,” says Brittain.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

At ten years old, he was riding bareback on cattle roundups with the other cowboys.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple