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How to use cowboy in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Cowboy means a man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. Example: “Some said that the cowboy was the fastest gun in the West.”

Examples of cowboy by meaning

verbTo work as a cowboy, herding cattle.

  • Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
  • Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
  • I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it.2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo

More sentences with cowboy

  • Some said that the cowboy was the fastest gun in the West.From the entry gun
  • Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.From the entry buckaroo
  • The retired cowboy showed off his horsemanship by doing tricks in the saddle.From the entry horsemanship
  • Karl wore a cowboy hat with a rhinestone hatband when he played his country and western gigs.From the entry rhinestone
  • "I can outdrink, outsmoke and outshoot any man in this bar!" exclaimed the cowboy.From the entry outshoot
  • The sheriff kept his gun unholstered in case the cowboys started any trouble.From the entry unholstered
  • He thought his Stetson made him look like a cowboy. At least it covered his bald spot.From the entry stetson
  • It was a westernish film, but with robots instead of cowboys.From the entry westernish
  • Don't waste your time with him - he's all hat and no cowboy.From the entry all hat and no cowboy
  • His cowboy belt was studded with points.From the entry point
  • The cowboy tethered his horse outside the saloon.From the entry tether
  • The cowboys buried their trash next to the extinguished fire.From the entry extinguished
  • One cowboy two-timed the other in a poker game.From the entry two-time
  • Many football, basketball, and hockey players, boxers, wrestlers, cage fighters, hunters, bikers, NASCAR drivers, matadors, and rodeo cowboys are adrenaline junkies.From the entry adrenaline junkie
  • He is playing the macho cowboy who just rode into town.2025 January 20, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Brimful of menace? Melania strikes sombre note at Trump inauguration”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry bronzer
  • People today love pre-distressed denim for the same reason earlier generations loved singing cowboys.2022, Carolyn Purnell, Blue Jeans, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 45. From the entry pre-distressed
  • I had red cowboy boots with Swarovski crystals, and a bedazzled captain's jacket.2021, Triffin I. Morris, Gregory DL Morris, Rachel E. Pollock, A History of the Theatre Costume Business, page 162. From the entry bedazzled
  • Penniless and swept off your feet by a DILFy cowboy, all in the same day.”2021, Rachel Ember, “Lance” (chapter 10), in Signs of Spring, Chestnut Press. From the entry DILFy
  • Men in rural America are taught to "cowboy up" and not speak of depression.August 24, 2018, “A Suicide on the Farm”, in CNN. From the entry cowboy up
  • For a cowboy making a dollar or so a day, wolf-hunting could be lucrative.2016, Patrick Dearen, A Cowboy of the Pecos, page 128. From the entry loafer
  • In her bathhouse, in her old enameled bathtub, was a cowboy.2014, Carol Grace, Wild Mustang Billionaire. From the entry enameled
  • Now they think we can't cowboy up, but we could show'em a thang or three.2014, Sam Welch, What's Your Problem, Cowboy?, →ISBN. From the entry cowboy up
  • In the face of his pictureperfect cowboy persona, Andi was aware of her own inadequate tough-guyness.2014, Cheryl Harper, A Minute on the Lips. From the entry tough-guyness
  • Wyles cut the fence, keeping the Flying D cowboys occupied rounding up their cattle.2013, Janette Kenny, One Real Cowboy. From the entry flying
  • He spun with the gusto and pzazz of a huaso, a Chilean cowboy.2011, Jonathan Franklin, “TV Reality”, in The 33: The Ultimate Account of the Chilean Miners’ Dramatic Rescue, London: Bantam Press…. From the entry pizzazz
  • To them, the lab cowboy and his sperminator portended a dystopia of mass-produced boys.2010 July, Hanna Rosin, “The End of Men”, in The Atlantic. From the entry sperminator
  • With a tip of the brim of her black cowboy hat, Sam greets her friend.2007, Nairne Holtz, The Skin Beneath, Insomniac Press, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry transwestite
  • As an old time cowboy from the Madeline Plains, I am exempt from being politically correct.2007, Jon Garate, Stories from the Living Room: A Golden Heritage from the Old West, page ii. From the entry un-PC
  • For starters, you can't talk to black people like you're a redneck cowboy.2005 December 6, The Advocate, number 952, page 88. From the entry for starters
  • Like an old cowboy myth, human space travel is a ritualistic display of basic technopower.2005, Lee Worth Bailey, The Enchantments of Technology, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry technopower
  • It seems that the old sow got a little soused at the cowboy celebration.2004, Martin R. Riehle, Square Dancing in Hell, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 120. From the entry obnoxiosity
  • There was no doubt she meant to offer her services to the injured cowboy.2004, Suzanne Walter, chapter 2, in To Catch a Cowgirl, Avalon Books, page 28. From the entry sugarcakes
  • Real cowboys know how to rope, ride a horse and drink whisky straight.2003, Ron Jordan, Considerations. From the entry straight
  • Cowboys in ten-gallon hats and snakeskin boots rub elbows with yuppies dressed for success.2001 June 24, Jacob V. Lamar, “Look Away, Dixieland”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16…. From the entry rub elbows
  • The landrush to all intents and purposes made the cowboy defunct.2000, Susan Hayward, Cinema Studies. From the entry landrush
  • Cowboy cuffs $19.00, gun and holster $49.00, spurs with straps $24.00, and child’s belt $19.50.1997 November/December, American Cowboy, page 86. From the entry cowkid
  • "Take a deep breath," Bruce ordered in his western cowboy accent.1997 September 13, w...@why.not, “Four Cowboys”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet). From the entry manscent

Meaning of cowboy

  1. noun A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
  2. noun A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
  3. noun A young lad employed to tend to cattle.

Full definition of cowboy

Questions about cowboy in a sentence

How do you use cowboy in a sentence?
Cowboy is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Some said that the cowboy was the fastest gun in the West.”
What is a short sentence with cowboy?
“His cowboy belt was studded with points.”
What does cowboy mean?
Cowboy means a man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowboy (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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