cowboy

Example Sentences

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On “Situation,” the hissing hi-hat hinted at on earlier tracks becomes explicit and the rhythm is officially disco, though with a twangy urban cowboy version of the beat.

From The Wall Street Journal

We’d planned to sleep like cowboys around the fire but forgot to bring a length of rope to circle the campsite.

From Literature

"He was thoughtful and bold. I called him an intellectual cowboy who blazed his own trail. I miss him now more than ever."

From BBC

“I called him an intellectual cowboy who blazed his own trail and won the Academy Award for best director. And I miss him now more than ever,” Streisand said.

From Los Angeles Times

"I called him an intellectual cowboy who blazed his own trail."

From Barron's