How to Use cattleman in a Sentence

cattleman

noun
  • White gets his man, a local cattleman and a figure of genuine evil.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2017
  • The vigilantes who hanged her were self-serving cattlemen.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Black Vultures are a costly threat to cattlemen who are left with few tools to defend their livestock.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 25 June 2019
  • Small farmers and cattlemen are glad some politicians are listening.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • My grandfather was a traditional llanero, both a cattleman and horse tamer.
    — Nathalia Angarita, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2022
  • When the train stopped in Fort Worth, cattlemen purchased the paintings and either kept them or gave them away to schools.
    — Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Western lawmakers aren’t eager to pick fights with the powerful cattlemen in their state.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 3 June 2024
  • Black Angus cattle were raised on the Reese farm, but William had no desire to be a cattleman.
    — Andy Newman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2018
  • Northern cattlemen watched their herds swiftly succumb to the curse — which didn’t affect the Longhorns that carried it.
    — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • DiCaprio plays her husband, who just happens to be the nephew of a wealthy cattleman (De Niro).
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Closing off the town plaza, men performed daredevil tricks with bulls provided by local wealthy cattlemen.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • This fact made the community a target of local white cattleman William Hale.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2024
  • According to a press release, the ban applies to cattleman, pinch front, brick crown, open crown, flat brim, rolled brim and 10-gallon style hats.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • It is said area cattlemen, who wanted the sheep and the herders gone, named the spring Borrego, which colloquially can also mean fool.
    — Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2019
  • It is said area cattlemen, who wanted the sheep and the herders gone, named the spring Borrego, which colloquially can also mean fool.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Lee, Dutton tells him, sees his cattle the way a cowboy does (as lives to protect), not as a cattleman does (as investments to preserve).
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • The states, in most cases backed by cattlemen’s associations, claim consumer confusion as the driving force for the laws.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
  • De Niro said the injury likely won't affect his performance as cattleman William Hale in the crime drama film.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 May 2021
  • An English aristocrat and a cattleman drive a herd across the Australian Outback to save her ranch from a hostile takeover.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Image Black Angus cattle were raised on the Reese farm, but William had no desire to be a cattleman himself.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 15 June 2018
  • The country singer who made his living as a rodeo cowboy and cattleman would be shocked to learn that at least half of one of the hottest duos in what's billed as country music is - get this - a vegan.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • In recent years, the land-management agencies have set about satisfying the insatiable demands of the cattlemen for more grazing land.
    — Rachel Carson, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 1950
  • America’s cattlemen and women operate in one of the most competitive marketplaces in the world.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The 19th-century miners here also needed to eat, and so cattlemen and their herds made their way to the Paradise Valley.
    — Jim Robbins, WSJ, 19 July 2017
  • About two years ago, Grain Valley cattleman Ward began building this modern-day feedlot that puts all cattle under a roof, in open-air stalls.
    — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 27 May 2018
  • Their start was at Bakers Crossing, a site on Texas 163 named for a pioneering cattleman.
    — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 19 June 2020
  • To drive huge herds of cattle to the markets, the Florida cattlemen used whips (an ancient tradition acquired from the vaqueros of Spain).
    — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • Lawrence Silas, a prosperous Black cattleman from the area who built a large family fortune, is mentioned among other names on the cornerstone of the building.
    — Cassie Armstrong, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Other cattlemen came to the Big Bend with blooded cattle and money, and began buying up the rangeland that Faver had long used without expense.
    — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2018
  • More than 50 years later, Womack and other Texas cattlemen are bracing for the screwworm’s potential comeback.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026

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