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Recent Examples of vaqueroOur guide and horse wrangler was one Slim, a local vaquero and an old friend of mine.—Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2024 His style is an artistic amalgam of motifs from Alaska to Patagonia, inspired by the work of tailors like Nathan Turk and Nudie Cohn, of course, and the Mexican vaqueros before them.—thehustle.co, 3 Feb. 2024 The American cowboy, so much a part of the iconography and outlaw ethos of country music, is based on the Mexican vaquero.—Craig Marks, New York Times, 27 May 2024 What began as a utilitarian necessity for anyone getting around by horse, the earliest cowboy boots took inspiration from the footwear worn by Spanish vaqueros in the 17th century.—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for vaquero
Quirky roadside figures include giant cowboys, lumberjacks, and dinosaurs.
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Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
18 June 2025
Irish actor Jack Hudson has signed for the cast of feature adaptation of Matthew Dickens’s comic The Devil’s Train about Hollywood stuntman Hondo, who has a double life as a time-travelling cowboy.
With its European architecture, rich textile history and cultural touchstones like the gaucho, there is plenty of inspiration for designers to pull from.
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Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
This is a look from my 2002 graduation collection (above center), which was inspired by traditional gaucho clothing (above left).
Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates Clint Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader.
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Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
7 June 2025
Things are also taking a turn for the worse in Texas, where Runs His Horse successfully tracks down the ranch cowhands that interrupted Pete and Teonna’s tryst.
The Supreme Court had already decided that yes, indeed, Texas — which spent a hundred million buckaroos a year on California produce — could throw up its own quarantine on Golden State goods.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
The group disqualifies him, however, after researchers discover his buckaroo abilities are limited to wearing expensive Stetson hats and tripping on his lasso.
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Gustavo ArellanoColumnist,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2022
The Cowboy Carter tour has been alight with big brands putting their spin on Bey’s glamorous cowgirl aesthetic.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
20 June 2025
And so, next door to the photo booth where Nic and Cierra consecrated their mutual vibe, cowgirl style, Hannah climbs onto Pepe’s muscular thighs and gets a little cowgirl make-out of her own.
In Mathura, a northern city where Krishna is said to have been born, people recreate a Hindu myth in which Krishna visits Radha to romance her, and her cowherd friends, taking offense at his advances, drive him out with sticks.
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Hari Kumar,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
The girl and the cowherd are separated by a celestial river, but are able to be together one day a year when a flock of magpies forms a bridge over it.
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