ranch hand
Example Sentences
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He works as a ranch hand and said he’d just come from fixing a goat pen.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
In 1964, he signed up as a ranch hand, known as a jackeroo, after embellishing his abilities on horseback, and was sent to the Kimberley, a vast region in northwestern Australia.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
“Cattle want to go where the water flows,” he said while flying with a reporter, speaking with the laconic pace of a grizzled ranch hand.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
The 6-foot-4 actor and part-time donkey ranch hand auditioned for the role of Dr. Astrov but got the call for Vanya instead.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022
In a series of interviews, Lawson explained that in 1918 he began working as a ranch hand for Bill Smith, and that he grew to know Hale and his nephews Ernest and Bryan Burkhart.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
