Examples of “cowboy” in a Sentence

noun A person, especially in the American West, who herds and tends cattle, traditionally on horseback.

• The cowboy rounded up the strays before nightfall.
• Every summer, the old cowboy leads the herd up to the high pastures.
• As a child, she dreamed of becoming a cowboy and riding across open plains.

noun Informal: someone who acts recklessly or without proper care, especially in business or trade work.

• Don't hire that builder — he's a real cowboy who cuts corners.
• The roofer turned out to be a cowboy and left our ceiling leaking.
• If you hire a cowboy to fix your wiring, you may regret it.

verb To work herding cattle.

• He spent his twenties cowboying on ranches in Wyoming.
• My grandfather cowboyed across the plains for years before he bought his own farm.
• She dreamed of cowboying on a big ranch after finishing school.