ro·deo
ˈrō-dē-ˌō 
rə-ˈdā-(ˌ)ō
rə-ˈdā-(ˌ)ō
plural rodeos
1
: roundup
2
a
: a public performance featuring bronco riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and Brahma bull riding
b
: a contest resembling a rodeo
Examples of rodeo in a Sentence
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Jacob Spetzler, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
But Beyoncé, who grew up in the rodeo mecca of Houston, is doing more than sparking a fashion trend with her Cowboy Carter looks.
—Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
Bella has been flaunting her rodeo skills — and her relationship — for the past several months in her new Texas life with Banuelos, whom she has been linked to since October.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
With the entrenchment of segregation laws and the reemergence of the KKK, rodeo producers and local discrimination laws forced Pickett and other Black rodeo stars to pose as Indigenous or Hispanic in places like Texas.
—TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
This is an interesting mix, though, because at our first rodeo with X Elite, both of the Snapdragon test configs had 64GB of RAM but very different performance profiles.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
This was my second rodeo with spirituality; growing up, a rigid strain of Protestantism had been foisted on me like a chore.
—Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
By the 1940s and '50s, San Antonio held numerous Black rodeos and local riders participated in the Southwestern Colored Rodeo Association, which organized a circuit of Black rodeos in central Texas, while other Texas communities incorporated Black rodeos into Juneteenth celebrations.
—TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2022
After Jimmy broke his promise to John (Kevin Costner) — to not rodeo ever again — the ranch hand eventually returned to Yellowstone.
—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 18 Jan. 2022
The fee includes a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch, corn mazes, giant slides, tube slides, peddle carts, rat racers, a play area, duck races rodeo ropes course, corn crib caverns and more.
—Adriana Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2019
His father, who rodeoed around Wisconsin in his spare time, raised cattle for dairy farms.
—Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2018
Noun
Bennett had a previous career as a farrier and spends his summers competing in local ranch rodeos.
—Jacob Spetzler, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
But Beyoncé, who grew up in the rodeo mecca of Houston, is doing more than sparking a fashion trend with her Cowboy Carter looks.
—Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
Bella has been flaunting her rodeo skills — and her relationship — for the past several months in her new Texas life with Banuelos, whom she has been linked to since October.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
With the entrenchment of segregation laws and the reemergence of the KKK, rodeo producers and local discrimination laws forced Pickett and other Black rodeo stars to pose as Indigenous or Hispanic in places like Texas.
—TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
This is an interesting mix, though, because at our first rodeo with X Elite, both of the Snapdragon test configs had 64GB of RAM but very different performance profiles.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
This was my second rodeo with spirituality; growing up, a rigid strain of Protestantism had been foisted on me like a chore.
—Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
By the 1940s and '50s, San Antonio held numerous Black rodeos and local riders participated in the Southwestern Colored Rodeo Association, which organized a circuit of Black rodeos in central Texas, while other Texas communities incorporated Black rodeos into Juneteenth celebrations.
—TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Verb
After Jimmy breaks his promise to John (Kevin Costner) to not rodeo ever again, he's sent over to the Sixes to become a real cowboy.
—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2022
After Jimmy broke his promise to John (Kevin Costner) — to not rodeo ever again — the ranch hand eventually returned to Yellowstone.
—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 18 Jan. 2022
The fee includes a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch, corn mazes, giant slides, tube slides, peddle carts, rat racers, a play area, duck races rodeo ropes course, corn crib caverns and more.
—Adriana Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2019
His father, who rodeoed around Wisconsin in his spare time, raised cattle for dairy farms.
—Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2018
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“Rodeo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rodeo. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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