bronco

Example Sentences

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Once, Worthington rode Shamu the SeaWorld orca like a bronco.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

“Just look at the record of what’s happened to former speakers and former majority leaders. It’s pretty hard to ride that bucking bronco longer than about six or seven years.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022

Here, the concert was partially a pretense for a more well-rounded night out — arcade games, BBQ, pool tables, posing for pictures on a bucking bronco statue.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021

It’s like trying to saddle a bucking bronco.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2020

Bouncing, rocking, tipping, Amarante rode his mammoth mechanical bronco across the wide and lovely mesa—jackrabbits fled for their lives.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols