How to Use cowboy hat in a Sentence

cowboy hat

noun
  • Woodruff doesn’t wear a cowboy hat.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The look-alike was crowned with a black cowboy hat and a medal.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Hunter wore his own cowboy hat, white striped shirt and black jeans.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
  • And the cowboy hat, boots and toy pony behind him in the clip.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Fans wore mostly fresh-from-the-ranch cowboy hats.
    — Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Slip your boots on and dust off your cowboy hat—rodeo season is back.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Bring back that purple cowboy hat!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The guy next to me had on a cowboy hat that was about the size of Texas.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2020
  • He was last seen wearing black boots, blue jeans, a dark shirt and a cowboy hat.
    — Dana Branham, Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Once Moretz puts on her cowboy hat, the look is complete.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The car was left with a cowboy hat on the hood, Thompson said.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 July 2025
  • The galaxy itself is warped like the brim of a beat-up cowboy hat.
    — WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The galaxy itself is warped like the brim of a beat-up cowboy hat.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The auction floor was a sea of white cowboy hats and silk neckties.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2026
  • June puts Dorie’s cowboy hat on and revolver in hand, walks away.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • He was last seen wearing a green, blue and white plaid shirt, black jeans and a straw cowboy hat.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Strait, wearing a cowboy hat, was first to receive his medal.
    — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The look was made complete by the pair’s matching cowboy hats.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
  • Here is a bright, headstrong young woman, dressed in jeans and a cowboy hat.
    — Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Here is a bright, headstrong young woman, dressed in jeans and a cowboy hat.
    — Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2020
  • People noticed all the cowboy hats, and boots, in town.
    — Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Each chair still has a wire rack on the bottom of its seat designed to hold cowboy hats.
    — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2019
  • And don’t be distracted by the cowboy hat.
    — Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Black cowboy hat and boots, tight short-sleeve shirt and tighter jeans, with a big brass buckle on his belt.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
  • There was lots of western-glam with sparkly chaps, cowboy hats, boots and a piles of fringe.
    — Caché McClay, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • Dean wore a black cowboy hat and a black coat over a black button-up shirt for the special event.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Add on a denim cowboy hat and a pair of denim cowboy boots to seal the deal.
    — Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Yaquis danced and a priest gave the liturgy and then placed the artist’s cowboy hat on the pine coffin.
    — Ron Dungan, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2016
  • Some fans wore cowboy hats with lederhosen.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • This rendition of the bear sports a cowboy hat and grips a wilting daisy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023

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