country and western

Example Sentences

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Their break came when a record executive, Charles Spurling, heard them play and enlisted them as the band for blues and black country-and-western acts such as Bill Doggett, Hank Ballard and Arthur Prysock.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2020

One poem, by the late 18th-century Maluli, slowly drains all the country-and-western heartbreak from the refrain, “What’s it to you?”

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2019

Unfaithfulness and inspiration go hand in hand for song writers, especially of the country-and-western variety.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2016

The story opens in 1994 at a country-and-western fair in rural France, where cowboy-hatted families have gathered to enjoy line dancing and a rodeo.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016

I knew I sounded snotty, but like the first notes of a country-and-western tune, these days the mere mention of Fang gave me an uncomfortable twang.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx