How to Use Wild West in a Sentence

Wild West

noun
  • But at the same time, the internet is the Wild, Wild West.
    Michelle Hyun Kim, Vulture, 11 May 2022
  • And then there were these desert-y bits and what looked like a Wild West bit as well.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 June 2024
  • The new internet is very much a new Wild West, of sorts.
    Samara Lynn, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • After all, a gal’s gotta stick to her guns in the Wild Wild West (Village).
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 May 2024
  • In the movie, Costner shoots his way through the 19th century Wild West.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 May 2024
  • There’s a Wild West of audio lit out there, all for free (via LibriVox).
    Paul Grimstad, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023
  • We were blown away to find out that the scam has evolved into something yet crazier and more Wild West.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The Wild Wild West alum's look was completed by strappy red heels and a red cowgirl hat.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
  • Largely thanks to Jake, who can’t help but go Wild West on his interlocutor.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The town itself has a Wild West feel, a few different natural hot springs, and more than 100 restaurants and bars.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • It was mocked up like a Wild West village, one where cast and crew could spend the night.= Pioneertown has since been updated.
    Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The result is a Wild West atmosphere around dozens of Indianapolis bars and nightclubs.
    The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Fort Worth’s reputation as the old Wild West largely stems from its dark and sinful history.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
  • The judge tried to curtail the shenanigans at play, but the zany Wild West feverish clamoring was difficult to keep within the bounds of proper courtroom decorum.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • In the summer, people come to climb peaks, run mountain trails, float the river, or just bask in the town’s Wild West vibe and cool, high-elevation temperatures.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Shelton wore a simple black monochromatic look, while Stefani embraced a Wild West look.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The blue jay, on the other hand, blows into town like a Wild West gunslinger entering a saloon – everybody scatters.
    Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Their newsroom is a remote Wild West, spread out over an international web of devices.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Those who know the genre well, will always be able to rise above any trendsetting and craft a narrative that connects the tumultuous Wild West to our current point in history.
    Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Some describe with nostalgia a Wild West version of their jobs from decades past, chasing drug runners across a dramatic landscape.
    Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024
  • There’s a reason why billionaires have flocked to Jackson in recent years for their second (or third) homes: Unlike most Wild West towns, it’s got a bustling commercial airport.
    Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2024
  • Amid this Wild West environment, Bacelar sees herself as a scapegoat.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
  • Mary Fields), a real-life Wild West icon who provides transportation and conversation with equal measures of sagacious sass.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In another first for the season, two survivalists from overseas fight to become the first foreigners to endure 21 days in America's Wild West.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2023
  • If artificial intelligence has become the tech Wild West, some new safety features from Microsoft’s Azure are meant to rein it in.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Newspapers breathlessly covered the thefts, as did Western dime novels and traveling Wild West shows.
    Malia Wollan, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Befitting the expo’s Wild West theme, attendees wore ID badges designed to resemble wanted posters.
    Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Dozens of tribes independently organized in the years after the Creole Wild West’s formation.
    Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
  • While some are thriving contemporary communities, others are historic ghost towns with Wild West panache — and both warrant a visit.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
  • And for the most part, governments and international organizations are running behind the facts in regulating it, leaving the door open to a Wild West, with more losers than winners.
    Claire Zillman, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023

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