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Examples of cowpoke in a Sentence
a movie about a couple of old cowpokes
it takes a long time to train a good cowpoke
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His fictional protagonists have ranged from ornery cowpokes to professors of esoterica.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
In the video, directed by Nicki Fletcher and Mason Allen, the two women walk around a rodeo as men ride bucking broncos, Murph raps a little, and the two women end up telling the cowpokes off.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
Order this: The two-meat place is a cowpoke’s delight.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
Such a role could easily come off as bloodless, but Hauser, whose baby face peeks behind a dark beard, imbues the character with the noble loneliness of a true cowpoke.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
Because there's so much personality in plastic cowpoke Woody's voice, the Pixar animated classic is a no-brainer to include on any Hanks retrospective.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
After a day exploring the park's hiking trails and chasing waterfalls inside the park (40 minutes away by car), soothe your tired bones in the property’s bubbling hot tub as a ranch hand serenades you with cowpoke tunes.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Jan. 2022
His name was Buzz Lightyear, defender of decency and good dentistry throughout the cosmos, and thanks to his chemistry with a cowpoke named Woody, this popular (and highly merchandisable) plastic-fantastic hero became an interstellar superstar.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2022
Recall that there is a contentious posture by some that the AI sub-symbolics approach is the only cowpoke that belongs in AI town.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 May 2022
Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
In the video, directed by Nicki Fletcher and Mason Allen, the two women walk around a rodeo as men ride bucking broncos, Murph raps a little, and the two women end up telling the cowpokes off.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
Order this: The two-meat place is a cowpoke’s delight.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
Such a role could easily come off as bloodless, but Hauser, whose baby face peeks behind a dark beard, imbues the character with the noble loneliness of a true cowpoke.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
Because there's so much personality in plastic cowpoke Woody's voice, the Pixar animated classic is a no-brainer to include on any Hanks retrospective.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
After a day exploring the park's hiking trails and chasing waterfalls inside the park (40 minutes away by car), soothe your tired bones in the property’s bubbling hot tub as a ranch hand serenades you with cowpoke tunes.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Jan. 2022
His name was Buzz Lightyear, defender of decency and good dentistry throughout the cosmos, and thanks to his chemistry with a cowpoke named Woody, this popular (and highly merchandisable) plastic-fantastic hero became an interstellar superstar.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2022
Recall that there is a contentious posture by some that the AI sub-symbolics approach is the only cowpoke that belongs in AI town.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 May 2022
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“Cowpoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cowpoke. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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cowpoke
noun
cow·poke
ˈkau̇-ˌpōk 
: cowboy
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