mustang

Example Sentences

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The term mesteño, meaning stray or wild, became, in cowboy-speak, mustang — that legendary, free-roaming denizen of the high plains.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

But the boy became devoted to the young bay mustang.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2022

"A wild mustang stallion kicks up a dust storm in north-western Colorado."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2022

“We had noticed that she’d been slowing down some lately,” the mustang protection group said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Or about the time he wrestled a pack of wild dogs that had surrounded a lame mustang.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls