Example sentences for: saddle

How can you use “saddle” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Ranch words of Mexican origin, besides ranch itself, are: rodeo, latigo `a long strap to fasten the cinch to a Western saddle,' corral (a word I could not find in an English dictionary, except in its Afrikaans form kraal, when I needed to know how to spell it some sixty years ago), bronc(o), palomino, buckeroo (which I have heard used only in fun), and chaps, to list a few that come to mind.

  • If a big calf or steer was roped with one of these rawhide lariats attached solidly to the saddle horn, American style, and the roping horse came to an abrupt halt or sat back so that the roped animal hit the rope at a run, the lasso tended to stretch like a rubber band and then snap, possibly springing back to knock an eye out of the cowboy.

  • My mood is much improved today, back in my lovely little office overlooking this lovely little downtown, reading about the Red Sox victory last night--rooting for the Red Sox is the curse of all native New Englanders--perusing the New York Times before I saddle up for a day in front of my computer.

  • The paper quotes a confidant of the as yet undeclared candidate in summing up the ferment: "the fires are burning as hot as the sun . . . it's saddle up and ride."

  • The Washington Post declared that Yeltsin is back in the saddle and is launching a much-needed second wave of economic reform.


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