How to Use ranch hand in a Sentence

ranch hand

noun
  • This is not a country house wearing a ranch hand’s belt and buckle.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • His arrival is a shock to all the ranch hands, but Chet most of all, whose behavior gets him fired by the end of Rip's first day.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Hauser posed for a photo with costar Hart Denton, who plays a 10 Petal ranch hand named Chet.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • And for anyone who spends the day indulging their inner ranch hand a little too convincingly, the recovery program is decidedly cushy.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • Many Black people worked as ranch hands after emancipation, riding horses and handling livestock, from which Black rodeos emerged.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
  • The marshals investigate further, and find a suspicious video of an East Camp ranch hand making a call before the attack.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 May 2026
  • The tension between the longtime rivals eventually comes to a head in a roping competition, where the two Dutton ranch hands make quick work and walk away with a victory.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
  • Trouble erupts when Rob-Will kills one of 10 Petal’s ranch hands, Wes (Nakoa DeCoite), after Wes begins to suspect his boss is involved in some shady business dealings.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • But the medical scare is only the beginning, as Dutton Ranch soon receives an unexpected visitor who has a vendetta against one of Rip’s ranch hands, Zachariah Moss (Marc Menchaca).
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • The relationship between the ballsy lawyer Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and her family’s stoic, loyal, longtime ranch hand Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) always ran deeper than Yellowstone’s usual pulpy mush.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 May 2026

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