bronco-buster
Example Sentences
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“Fight or Fall” is a gorgeous midtempo ballad urging unity among men, and “Cowboy Song” looks at the lonely independence of a rodeo bronco-buster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
He had led so varied a life as pony-express rider, stage-driver, scout, Indian, bronco-buster, hunter, and trapper, that he had little room in his memory for anything short of bloodshed or a triumph for himself.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
"In a week you'll be a regular Arizona bronco-buster."
From Tahara Among African Tribes by Sherman, Harold M.
By the time the set was disentangled, the dance seemed to be over, and the "bronco-buster" dismissed the dancers with the cynical prophecy, "You'll all get married on a stor-my day!"
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.
I managed to scramble aboard—something after the fashion of a bronco-buster who mounts at a gallop.
From The River and I by Neihardt, John G.
