cowboy

Example Sentences

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The idea was that a well-constructed welfare state could deliver the same material standard of living as America’s cowboy capitalism, or better.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He wound up working on Roy Rogers cowboy serials and became fascinated by the Mojave Desert where the serials were filmed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

It was there that he fell in love with his new home state, and started wearing boots and cowboy hats.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

The key player of the “love trapezoid,” as Raicek called it, is Damon, an urban cowboy of a jewelry designer who moves among three beguiling women, the narrator among them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

His hat was like a cowboy hat with the same star pinned smack in the center.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia