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

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

“Cody gave the world its image of cowboys and what the American West was about while creating a new form of entertainment that out-Barnumed P.T. Barnum,” says Hutton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

The next morning, the cowboys went and complained to Dad about my shenanigans.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling