How to Use cowboy in a Sentence

cowboy

1 of 2 noun

• We've got a bunch of risk-taking cowboys running this project.
• He worked for several years as a cowboy on a ranch in Texas.
• The world can’t get enough of gay cowboys.
  — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
• Guess that’s just the cowboy in him.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026
• Dress up like a cowboy with leather shirts and pants.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
• The cowboy theme came straight from Birge’s youth.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2026
• This a truly hearty and meaty mac fit for a cowboy!
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
• All these cowboys are starting to get along!
  — William Earl, Variety, 12 June 2026
• My grandpa was a cowboy and farmer.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
• His cowboys keep their saddles in the back of their sedans.
  — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
• Does the priest kill the cowboy or does the cowboy kill the priest?
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 10 Sep. 2023
• And yes, even a cowboy-hat cursor.
  — New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026
• Up to a quarter of all cowboys were Black.
  — Essence, 30 Dec. 2025
• Still, if fresh air and cowboy living are your things, this is a dream come true.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
• Jessie opts to call on her favorite sheriff cowboy for help.
  — Melina Khan, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
• The first stop for any Colorado cowboy?
  — Vogue, 22 Dec. 2025
• The cowboy was named after slaves who handled the cows.
  — Essence, 30 Dec. 2025
• An angry cowboy named Jake once slammed a guest’s door and locked it.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
• Put a cowboy twist on classic comfort food.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
• Grieving the end of our country’s cowboy era?
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
• Guests dressed up as space cowboys, astronauts, and aliens.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
• The cowboy will be LaFleur's largest sculpture to date.
  — Olivia Young, CBS News, 19 June 2026
• Today, there are only a handful of cowboys who own their own land in this area.
  — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
• In true cowboy fashion, the trio rides their horses over to the party.
  — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
• Cornyn is tall, long-faced, and dignified, with the mien of an aging cowboy.
  — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
• Once upon a time, this cowboy had bent at the knees, elbows, shoulders, and hips.
  — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
• Neither the bull nor the cowboy gave in, and they were buried together, so the song goes.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
• This creamy version of crowd-favorite cowboy (or Texas) caviar is not to be missed.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
• However, the cowboy winds up getting in a fight with the girl’s cousin and is forced to shoot him.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2023
• But, at the end of the day, Sheridan would rather be a real cowboy than write about them.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023

cowboy

2 of 2 verb

• He cowboyed in Texas and Oklahoma.
• Sam Hunt cowboys up Sam Hunt brought the party with him Friday night.
  — Cindy Watts and Adam Tamburin, USA TODAY, 10 June 2017
• Please put on your batteries — a Mexican Spanish idiom that means to cowboy up.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
• The Book Festival makes a point of including all types of work, from traditional novels to cowboy poetry.
  — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Sep. 2021
• The church and its magnetic leader, a descendant of pioneering pastors who preached to cowboy stars from a bygone Hollywood age, seem to revel in their contrarian role.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2020
• The Angels entered the game with more homers than any team in baseball besides the Toronto Blue Jays, providing many opportunities to cowboy up in the dugout.
  — Steve Hensonassistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
• There is an inherent if slight risk, from precipitation to critters and privacy-oblivious creeps to cowboy camping; witnessing the other half of a day, or of nature itself, is a righteous reward.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 27 July 2021
• Encompassing 37 pieces for men and women, the collection includes just about every western-wear staple from Yellowstone Dutton Ranch jackets to cowboy work shirts.
  — Oscar Hartzog, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2022