How to Use bronco in a Sentence

bronco

noun
  • Nobody dusts himself off and gets back on the bronco like this guy.
    — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 12 June 2018
  • Two broncos served as beacons on the rooftop, and a life-size horse stood guard on the sidewalk in front of the shop.
    — Amy Bizzarri, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
  • Niggling grievances mount, like a seed stuck in your tooth or the burr in the saddle that sets off the bronco.
    — Hannah Elliott, latimes.com, 24 Mar. 2018
  • In fact, keeping up with the show's dark side can be as daunting as breaking a bucking bronco.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Macdonald, still riding it like a bronco, unhooked the lines.
    — Susan Casey, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The goat jumps and runs, trying to free itself from the bird, while the eagle rides on its back as though the goat is a bucking bronco.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
  • Sure, youth can be intoxicating, but so is a guy who's been to a few rodeos and knows how to handle a bucking bronco.
    — Nick Levine, GQ, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Throughout the reservation, ranching skills like sheep butchering and bronco and bull riding are prized.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • True, most broncos aren’t weaponized, nor does chasing them down have the same ethical implications.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, a rearing bronco with deep orange eyes is included in the design for these Broncos.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Few people can comfortably ride out the inevitable financial bronco ride.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 31 May 2017
  • During the third episode of season 3, Jimmy got thrown by a bronco in his first rodeo that would count toward his standings.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2020
  • The bronco pendants patterned after his logo are his best sellers, cast in silver and require little hands-on work.
    — Cindy Watts, PEOPLE.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • An anime Megan then hops on her bronco with her trusty Frenchie puppy 4oe at her side and gallops off into the night.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Each and every truckette is amusing in much the same way the nickel bronco keeps junior enthralled while mommy shops at Kmart.
    — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Emily gets up on the bar to dance with one of the Magic Mikes at the booth, quickly straddling him to ride him like a bucking bronco.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The roof and exterior badges are also black, and the interior gets a new bucking bronco badge that's bright yellow.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 25 July 2023
  • Jackson noted, however, that the men had no experience in bronco or bull riding.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
  • Cheer on bull and bronco riders, barrel racers and more at this rodeo June 29-July 1.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2017
  • Last September, officers chased an actual white bronco through area streets.
    — Christoper Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Their first rodeo There was barrel racing, bronco bucking, bull riding, world class horsemanship and calf roping.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 22 June 2026
  • Another inmate, James Brown, was kicked in the stomach by a bronco and removed from the arena on a stretcher.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 May 2026
  • Nearby, another plane, this one designed to simulate severe turbulence, was bobbing up and down like a bronco on quaaludes.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Then, in April 2016, Jandreau took a blow to the head from a bronco at a rodeo that put him in a coma for five and a half days.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Take note, Barry and Hill—and any other Democrats with designs on running this bucking bronco of a country.
    — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 6 Apr. 2017
  • Once, Worthington rode Shamu the SeaWorld orca like a bronco.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Vic Fangio galloping into Mile High on an honest-to-goodness bronco.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2021
  • Throughout the calf-roping, bronco-riding and steer wrestling, Doug Mathis, the rodeo public address announcer, keeps it light and folksy.
    — Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2017
  • People of all ages came out to Rockin’ C Arena in Crosby to see bull riders, bucking bronco riders, calf wrestlers and more.
    — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2019
  • Sutton made a race of it, leaning into a record of public service as well as his history as a professional bronco rider, a career that left him paralyzed.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Nov. 2018

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