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
In a lifetime of working with horses, Gary Kidd, 73, had never adopted an untrained wild mustang before.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2021
And the novel’s mustang spirit diminishes into a ho-hum horse movie.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2020
Or about the time he wrestled a pack of wild dogs that had surrounded a lame mustang.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
