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

The image shows a dirt-caked wild mustang kicking up dust in north-western Colorado, USA.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2022

And the novel’s mustang spirit diminishes into a ho-hum horse movie.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2020

Even Raymond the mule, who lived with the wild horses until he retired last year to the farm, has Spanish mustang ancestry from his mother, said Meg Puckett, manager of the Corolla wild horse herd.

From Washington Times • May 30, 2020

As Smith watched him in racing combat, images from his mustang days assembled in his head.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand