country and western
Example Sentences
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Curly, played by Sean Grandillo with the guitar-slinging aplomb of a country-and-western recording star, has the straightest of hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022
When they asked him what he heard in corny country-and-western — seemingly at odds with his avant-garde, big-city bebop — he’d tell them he liked the stories.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2021
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
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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.