How to Use cowbell in a Sentence

cowbell

noun
  • Which cowbells are best to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • There were lots of cheers and even more cowbell.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Chants and cowbells rang while his 14-year-old son looked on.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Around his neck, each walker bears a heavy, gonging cowbell.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Chen called for a nurse to ring a cowbell, signaling the good news to the rest of the floor.
    — Gilad Thaler, CBS News, 12 May 2020
  • Learn more about the modern uses of cowbells in this buying guide.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Buy a toy drumset or, if that's too much to lug around town, pack a triangle or cowbell.
    — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Smaller cowbells can be grasped and shaken by little hands.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • For crocodiles, a cowbell means there’s pork waiting at the barn.
    — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Layered on top are goatskin or sheepskin pelts secured at the waist by a wide leather belt from which a cowbell hangs.
    — Susan Portnoy, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Fans are only allowed to wave the cowbells up until the point the center puts his hand on the ball.
    — Justin Spears, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Armed with bullhorns and cowbells, fans took to the streets, whooping and waving pennants.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
  • When played in festivals or street performances, these cowbells can rise above the noise.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The larger the cowbell, the louder the volume of noise output.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Other lawsuits have been filed over the sounds of cowbells, church bells, and cicadas as well as pungent farm smells.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • During the last week of April, the man had developed a fever, but not just a need cowbell-type of fever.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • In fact, cowbells can damage the hearing of livestock as well as disrupt their eating habits.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Yet another white cat flicks a lever that bangs a cowbell while a tortoiseshell reaches up to swat at a set of chimes.
    — Dan Nosowitz, Cosmopolitan, 12 Sep. 2017
  • When the singer took the stage to sing his 1999 hit, Ferrell joined him, cowbell in hand.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • In a noisy scene, protesters and supporters chanted, blew horns and beat drums and cowbells.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The economy has a fever, and the only prescriptions are more rate hikes and more cowbell, in that order.
    — David Goldman, CNN, 3 June 2022
  • Azevedo clanked a cowbell and stood in the crosswalk as people moved from each side of the intersection.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The Lakers don’t want any piece of this irritating cowbell of a team in the playoffs.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Grand Funk Railroad is a band that really brought the cowbell to the next level.
    — John Adamian, courant.com, 5 July 2019
  • No, Auburn’s beef with the cowbell clan can technically be traced to the early days of the series.
    — Jeremy Henderson, al, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Had the ball plunged into the cup, a cowbell would have sounded and Parker would have received a big piece of candy.
    — Zak Koeske, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • This is why cowbells may only be seen these days on cattle at ceremonial or festive events.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • At last year's Boston Marathon, my entire family was out there with the signs and cowbells.
    — Kevin P. Martin Jr., People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • As a result, Kings fans started bringing cowbells to games against the Lakers.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Cue the Keegan Murray chants and that insatiable need for more cowbells.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025

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