How to Use western in a Sentence

western

1 of 2 adjective
  • Old western movies are my favorites.
  • Lodge rooms, cabins, and suites are all done up in western style.
    — Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Warnings are now lined up with the storms over western suburbs.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 July 2023
  • Western thought tells us that the journey needn’t be muddy.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • But Red Bridges is very Western, right?
    — Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The room is lined with rich wood, western art, and ranch-style design to give you a sense of place.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The western state with the most severe snow drought is Oregon.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • All signs point to a long, severe fire season in Western states.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 24 June 2026
  • For best viewing, look to the western sky one hour after sunset.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • All things Western are canceled.
    — Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The western two-thirds of the civic center will be completed late next month.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In western Ukraine, many schools went back to in-person classes years ago.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This winter has been a stunner for Western states.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Cape Cod juts out to the east just far enough to catch the western fringe of the massive snow shield.
    — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • After sunset, look close to the horizon in the western sky.
    — Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The story, in its heart, is now one of the great fairy tales of Western culture.
    — Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Thomas got up, walked to the Western sideline and stayed there for a couple of plays.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And in western New York, the icy weather was blamed for three deaths in three days.
    — Jonathan Mattise, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The issue for some is the darkness of the violence and the western genre.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • There could be a few spits of rain early, especially in western parts of the area.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Benner was born in Chicago and grew up in its western suburbs.
    — Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Spence is looking forward to the pink blooms of her Western redbud.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • There has been no parallel to this in the modern Western world.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Central chimps scattered as the Western chimps climbed up the tree.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Look low toward the western sky after sunset!
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • The clay-court Grand Slam event starts later this month in western Paris.
    — Samuel Petrequin, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • For many of the conferences in the western third of the country, a one-bid future awaits.
    — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • When the eclipsed moon sinks lower in the western sky, the sun will begin to brighten the eastern sky.
    — Dean Regas, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2026
  • More than 40 inches of snow has already fallen in western parts of the state.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Instead of mingling as usual, the Western chimps fell silent and fled.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026

western

2 of 2 noun
  • The ranch looks like it was plucked right out of the set of an old western.
    — Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The bow is aground on the eastern bank and the stern is on the western.
    — USA Today, 26 Mar. 2021
  • In any case, the buzzards were circling like in an old western.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This film is pure revenge, and, so, pure western in our opinion.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 23 May 2022
  • Attacks — on the air, in newspapers, through the mail — flew like fists in an old western.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • And it's considered a space western?
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Westerns, of course, have been around since the dime novels of the 1840s.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
  • So many westerns are effectively road movies, which is sort of your subgenre.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2023
  • This six-part western mostly gets the job done as an eccentric, guns-blazing thriller.
    — Leah Greenblatt and Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • In fact, the modern western is self-aware of chaps-less mis-adventurers.
    — Jordan Calhoun, Men's Health, 2 Nov. 2022
  • From westerns to space operas, weapons are part of popular culture.
    — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 25 Jan. 2018
  • That comes from all my influences of watching Westerns.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Greg loved to fish, watch old westerns on TV and was an amazing uncle to his nephews.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • The saloon’s swinging doors, inspired by movie westerns but built to last, make a custom statement.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • No genre received such varied treatment in 1971 as the western.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The appeal of the western has certainly rubbed off on Zhao, who’s now immersed in writing one.
    — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Moving from the western to the eastern end of the bay, the ratio of zucchini to basil in the dish declined (at least to my palate and fuzzy math).
    — Daniel Ford, The New Yorker, 11 July 2022
  • Unusually, its storylines were inspired by westerns which won over fans and critics alike.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Harper appeared in some of his grandfather’s westerns as a child, like his mom, and learned a thing or two about cinematography.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Westerns and rom-coms and war movies might wax and wane in popularity, but there’s always some buzz around the latest disaster movie.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • From horror movies to westerns, Texas has served as the background for numerous films in just about every genre imaginable.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Rick is a past-his-peak actor relegated to guest spots playing heavies on TV crime shows and westerns.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2019
  • While the service garage location will remain behind city hall, the structure will be moved from the western to the eastern side of the property.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The answer may seem obvious; the western came out just a few weeks ago and is just appearing in Minnesota theaters now.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Baldwin, 63, who was starring in and producing the low-budget western, didn’t mince words about the incident.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Rogue One mixed elements of espionage thrillers and gritty war movies; Solo looks set to mix up westerns and the good old heist caper.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2018
  • But the frontier was closed, and its memory was already being turned into myth in dime novels, westerns, and Wild West shows.
    — David Treuer, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
  • This horror western from Ana Lily Amirpour features a vampire preying on men in Iran.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Shirley is a prolific author of more than 80 novels and short story collections spanning a wide range of genres from sci-fi to westerns.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Liu said Quentin Tarantino wrote the part for her after watching her performance in the 2000 western.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Jan. 2026

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