How to Use cowpoke in a Sentence

cowpoke

noun
  • Spooner’s man, just north of town, was also a cowpoke, his hands extended, gripping nothing.
    — Robert Simonson, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • This is a land of caprock, cowpokes and unending fields of cotton, a crop that loves the merciless sun of its semiarid climate.
    — Mary Ann Anderson, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2019
  • There is only room for one cowpoke in these hereabout parts, namely the rough and ready AI sub-symbolics.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • Channel your inner cowpoke on this longer loop at the Western Gateway trailhead.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Walter Van Tilburg Clark turned the western on its head, or rather gave it what a cowpoke might call a neck-tie social.
    — WSJ, 19 July 2018
  • This is Texas east of the Pecos, a land of cowpokes and unending fields of cotton, a crop that loves the merciless sun of its semiarid climate.
    — Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
  • Curly the cowpoke has an almost Thoreauvian appreciation for the bright golden haze on the meadow.
    — Tony Adler, Chicago Reader, 25 Apr. 2018
  • His genial cowpoke persona is surrounded by profound silliness, gentle political satire and flashy fashions.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 3 May 2018
  • But the grizzled former Man in Black and man-who-failed-to-ground-Maverick isn’t known for playing the type of gruff ol’ cowpoke who’s about to break into song.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
  • Bull riding, bronc busting, barrel racing, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping and team penning are among the events scheduled, along with pee-wee activities for little cowpokes.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Such a role could easily come off as bloodless, but Hauser, whose baby face peeks behind a dark beard, imbues the character with the noble loneliness of a true cowpoke.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Recall that there is a contentious posture by some that the AI sub-symbolics approach is the only cowpoke that belongs in AI town.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • After a day exploring the park's hiking trails and chasing waterfalls inside the park (40 minutes away by car), soothe your tired bones in the property’s bubbling hot tub as a ranch hand serenades you with cowpoke tunes.
    — Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2025
  • The all-inclusive dude ranch is about a 90-minute drive from Reno, Nevada, and has invited travelers to get in touch with their inner cowpoke since 1962.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
  • His name was Buzz Lightyear, defender of decency and good dentistry throughout the cosmos, and thanks to his chemistry with a cowpoke named Woody, this popular (and highly merchandisable) plastic-fantastic hero became an interstellar superstar.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2022

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