Example Sentences

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The cowboys’ credo: “Streets raised us. Horses saved us.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2020

The cowbells still echoed in the cool mountain air, but the cowboys’ whoops had gotten scarcer — the cows must have known how close they were to home.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2019

Until “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” debuted in September 1955, most TV Westerns - “The Lone Ranger,” ”Hopalong Cassidy,” the singing cowboys’ series - were aimed at adolescent boys.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2016

Realism was the goal, whether the manufacturer was trying to copy the cowboys’ favorite revolver or a World War II Tommy gun.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2014

Blanco Sol and the cowboys' horses were fed, watered, and saddled.

From Desert Gold by Grey, Zane