How to Use bronc in a Sentence

bronc

noun
  • Luke likened his brain to a bronc.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The bronc reared, which caused Wright’s arm to hit the chutes, causing a bad break.
    — Brett Hoffman, star-telegram, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Pro rodeo events all weekend including bronc riding, steer wrestling and bull riding.
    — oregonlive, 28 June 2022
  • The rodeo will feature bareback bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, and yes, steer wrestling.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Among the action will be various roping events, steer wrestling, bull and saddle bronc riding and barrel racing.
    — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
  • The rodeo features bull riding, saddle bronc, barrel racing and bareback riding.
    — Grace Hollars, Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2020
  • The night started with bareback-style bronc riding, with riders attempting to cling onto the backs of horses, whipping back and forth like rag dolls as the horses bucked.
    — Kate Magill, Howard County Times, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Traditionally, the Spurs have viewed the last game before the broncs and bulls invade their home arena as a launching pad into the journey to come.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Up and down the Strip are bucking bronc and bull sales, barrel riding competitions, cowboy concerts and cowboy comic shows.
    — Melissa Lyttle, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Fans can watch events such as bull riding, bareback and saddle bronc riding, team and tie-down roping and steer wrestling for cowboys and breakaway roping and barrel racing for cowgirls.
    — Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Black cowboys and cowgirls compete for cash prizes in bronc and bull riding, calf and steer roping, barrel racing and a Pony Express relay race.
    — Dallas News, 16 June 2022
  • Having just dropped out of college, horse trainer and former bronc rider Brady Jandreau met Zhao while working at a local ranch.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • One of Arizona’s largest parades kicks things off and spectators can revel in contests like bronc riding, bull riding, barrel racing and calf roping.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Some fans, inspired by the album art showing a sketch of Bad Bunny bronc riding a horse, showed up wearing cowboy hats and vague Western wear.
    — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Cowboys and cowgirls from all over Alaska will compete in bull riding, barrel racing, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and team roping.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Bull riding, bronc busting, barrel racing, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping and team penning are among the events scheduled, along with pee-wee activities for little cowpokes.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The rodeo includes 2½ hours of bull riding, bare-back riding, barrel racing, cowgirl breakaway roping, calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping and saddle bronc riding each night.
    — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 5 Apr. 2021
  • And what’s become of the old roundup is a big daily dose of rodeo—saddle and bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling, bull riding and tie-down roping, plus cowgirls and cowboys slaloming through barrels on fast horses.
    — Rob Fleder, Newsweek, 17 May 2017
  • Don your cowboy hat and saddle up for a weekend of bulls, broncs and rough riding by the Barnes Rodeo Company June 14-15.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2019
  • The rodeo runs Wednesday through Saturday, and features staples like bull riding, barrel racing, steer roping, bareback riding and saddle bronc.
    — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2019
  • There's Prairie Rose Henderson, who, in 1911, was awarded the title of world's champion bronc rider and was known as the queen of rodeo fashion.
    — Gunnar Johnson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 July 2017
  • The champion in each of the eight events — bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, breakaway roping, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding — was based on total money earned throughout the rodeo.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Feb. 2022
  • This year Cervi will supply about 300 horses to the National Western for bareback and saddle bronc riders, half of them leased from other stock contractors.
    — Tom McGhee, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Sure, there's saddle bronc riding and breakaway roping, but the real competitive sport at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is most certainly eating.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 3 Mar. 2023

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