How to Use country and western in a Sentence

country and western

noun
  • That was the end of our interest in country and western swing.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Three-part harmony was like country and western.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
  • In the 20th century alone, jazz, country and western, rock’n’roll all emerged along with pop, rap, hip hop and so on.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The youngster’s rendition was soaked in thigh-slapping country and western.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2023
  • And my dad played rock and roll music and country and western and blues music, and later on gospel music as well – as did my uncles.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Childs’ boundless score includes choral numbers, country and western twangers, Celtic gems and plenty of soul.
    — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2022
  • What's the rudimentary element of a country and western song?
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • What’s the rudimentary element of a country and western song?
    — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2019
  • What’s the rudimentary element of a country and western song?
    — Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Listening to a lot of Elvis with my current project, his range astounds me— from country and Western to rock, to soul and pop.
    — Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2019
  • But in Nashville, even as late as the 1960s, there was no way to know for sure that a black country and western artist would sell.
    — Jack Dickey, SI.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • It’s painted all in pink and sells country and western clothing, home goods, stationery, peppermint swirl lollipops and paintings of clowns.
    — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • His grandfather played country and western music; his uncle played bass guitar in the church; and his father played country, rock and roll, blues, and even gospel.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The scene when his drag persona finally gels, to a country and western soundtrack, is exhilarating.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The station also plays country and western, has a Tejano music program on Saturdays and plays gospel on Sundays.
    — Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Financial aid from oil-rich Gulf countries and Western allies, which pulled Lebanon back from the brink of financial crisis in decades past, has also dried up.
    — Dana Khraiche, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020
  • British pubs and a Korean honky-tonk Fifty years ago, a fortune teller told Mama Kim to open a country and western bar in Seoul.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Hillbilly morphed into country and western and finally simply into country.
    — Adam Bradley Justin French, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • For country and western royalty, the Longhorn Ballroom was their palace and owner-manager Dewey Groom presided over the kingdom.
    — Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • During the week, the ballroom holds dance nights devoted to a specific type of dancing, including country and western, swing and Argentine Tango.
    — Bob Bong, Daily Southtown, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Musgraves has also become one of modern country music’s new style icons, mixing country and Western embellishments into her red carpet outfits, stage wear and music videos.
    — Washington Post, 2 July 2019
  • Dan Gillespie Sells wrote original music for the production, which will be performed by Eddi Reader, joined by her onstage country and western band.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023
  • John Weisert, who at 74 was the oldest victim, had once been a mechanical engineer and liked to play country and western and bluegrass music on his guitar, said his son, Mike.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The list of ordinary places that have been sites of gun violence include a college campus, an elementary school, a country and western bar, a gay nightclub, a Walmart, a cinema and a garlic festival.
    — Allie Caren, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The twang-heavy, undeniably country album earned the Pointer Sisters their first Grammy for best country and western vocal performance by a duo or group in 1974.
    — Olivia Roos, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Navajo country music will continue its popularity growth, just as other country and Western musicians flourish between the Appalachia and the Rockies.
    — Mario J. Lucero, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Eat crabs and support veterans, go to a country and western concert, celebrate accomplishments made by the disabled, learn about animal service during the Civil War, shop at a flea market or view an art exhibit about water.
    — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • Iraqi Kurds are expected to vote on Monday to back an independence drive that neighboring countries and Western powers fear could break up the country and stir broader regional ethnic and sectarian conflict.
    — Raya Jalabi, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Ukraine is still trying to defend itself against Russia’s real aggression in the east of the country and Western governments are trying to support it while fending off Russia’s disinformation and subversion.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • The video was silly, and sort of innocent, and effortlessly paired two traditions—country and western and hip-hop—that many people had long presumed, however erroneously, were mutually and constitutionally exclusive.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019

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