How to Use Wild West in a Sentence

Wild West

noun
  • The new Wild West isn’t lost on its members.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • These platforms are the Wild West, look out for yourself.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • New-style wine bottles will take over A new Wild West of bottle sizes is coming.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Corners are like the Wild West, with nobody quite sure what constitutes a foul and what doesn’t.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Reminds me of Wild West Willie at the Malabar Lounge many years ago.
    — Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Guests are encouraged to dress in cowboy and Wild Wild West attire.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The rooms In keeping with the theme of the property, the rooms are inspired by the Wild West.
    — Asonta Benetti, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
  • With that Wild West infusion, were there other influences this time around?
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Visit Goldfield Ghost Town east of Mesa for tons of Wild West themed fun.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • For years, India was thought of as the Wild West of the fertility industry.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the other side of the bracket has truly felt like the Wild West, with shootout games on nearly a nightly basis.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Buffalo Bill turned the battle into theater in his famous Wild West show.
    — New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • Attached to these two spaces is Caesar's The West, a Wild West casino space.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
  • If the Wild, Wild West had claimed a coastal cousin, the old Fernandina Beach just might have been it.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Wild West Walking Tour is $20 for adults, children 6-12, $10.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Tombstone The town of Tombstone, which sits in the southeast corner of the state, has leaned into its Wild West origins.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Before Wild West shows and long before the movies, the West as spectacle was being enacted on the railroad tracks.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2026
  • He had been obsessed with the country ever since his grandfather took him to see Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show as a child.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
  • While most people have heard of Jackson Hole, few know of the small city of Laramie, Wyoming, which has long been tied to the Wild West.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But while some aspects of the industry may at times feel akin to a Wild West, Maier is encouraged by the underlying science.
    — Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Cody took his on-air name from his childhood hero, Wild West entertainer Buffalo Bill Cody.
    — Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
  • This was the Wild West of commercial aviation, after planes had been proven but when the Jet Age was still new and exciting.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • Accommodations range from cozy rooms within the lodge to private log cabins, each blending Wild West charm with modern comforts.
    — Kristin Songy Diehl, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Grab your cowboy boots and head to Idaho’s most popular Airbnb listing — a rustic saloon straight out of the Wild West.
    — Hali Smith may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
  • The Stockyards neighborhood is proud to refer to the local tradition of cowboyhood and the Wild West.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
  • The City of Angels — or Lo Sang — was the deadliest city in not only the Wild West, but the country.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Before leaving the state, the one-time gold mining town of Oatman features a Wild West atmosphere, daily staged shootouts and beloved burros.
    — Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The song tells the fictional story of two con artists in the American Wild West who accidentally fall in love in spite of themselves.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The snakes and cowboy hats are mostly found at the strip club where Rue works, but OnlyFans, the show implies, is the real Wild West.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
  • All come with floor-to-ceiling windows, Wild West–chic furniture in leather and wrought iron, and more than 1,000 square feet of indoor living space.
    — Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026

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