How to Use dude ranch in a Sentence

dude ranch

noun

• The concept of the dude ranch first came about in the late 1800s.
  — Brigid Mander, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• Take the bar, built circa 1946 when the place was a dude ranch.
  — Andrea Schumacher, House Beautiful, 29 Sep. 2022
• In the 1950s Gulf Hills was a dude ranch and Brown said Elvis learned to ride there.
  — The Sun Herald, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2019
• And what about a dude ranch with campfires and cookouts?
  — Longreads, 8 May 2018
• Heading with the family to the @silver_spur_critters dude ranch in tonight’s finale of @outdaughtered !
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 13 Nov. 2019
• The real businesses of space will look more like the railroad, not the dude ranch.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 22 July 2021
• But to your, Corina, your point about the dude ranch in Montana.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2019
• Our first planned trip is to a gorgeous Colorado dude ranch called C Lazy U.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2012
• The chain, founded by Mary Johns at a Colorado dude ranch, has 23 stores; with a 24th launching soon.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2023
• Pauly D and Vinny ruin the girls’ excursion to a dude ranch.
  — Washington Post, 18 July 2019
• The club didn't last, but the cabin survived the years, including an interval as a dude ranch in the 1970s.
  — Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019
• The Biermanns are off to Texas where Ariana and Brielle hope to find a dude at the dude ranch, only to find that there are no dudes.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2020
• The nice thing about a seven-day dude ranch vacation is that guests can do so much during that week.
  — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2021
• The family wound up running a dude ranch in Reno, where his grandfather made dozens of home movies.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
• The dude ranch starts to feel like one big family with staff and guests all mingled together.
  — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2021
• Brenda Krempp, Craig's mom, was back at the dude ranch playing cards with her husband, Craig's stepdad, Andy.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2020
• According to residents, some of the land was once a dude ranch, and there was also a cotton farm years ago.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• Sitting right on the access road, guests are driven to the lifts each day, and a dude ranch is a unique lodging choice for a ski vacation.
  — Allison Olmsted, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Keep an eye out for the foundations of the defunct Spur Cross dude ranch crumbling among cholla and creosote shrubs.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2022
• The dude ranch, the traditional term, is now synonymous with the guest ranch, but there are a vast range of experiences.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022
• When the grueling travel proved too much for the family, her father made a down payment on a Wyoming dude ranch.
  — Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2020
• Anyone below, including the hostesses at Pancho Barnes’s dude ranch and tavern near the Mojave test site, heard the ba-boom that trailed the X-1.
  — Daniel Ford, WSJ, 27 July 2018
• The delicious dressing was made on a dude ranch in California in 1954.
  — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 29 June 2017
• His aunt, Lynda Arnold, better known as the former dude ranch owner Texas Lil, thinks her nephew is misguided.
  — Max B. Baker, star-telegram, 26 Aug. 2016
• There are dude ranches, guest ranches, and working ranches.
  — Ella Riley-Adams, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2018
• Designed to channel a dude ranch, the site consists of a handful of cabins and dorms situated around a canteen that’s home to the ranch’s kitchen and dining hall.
  — Zachary Petit, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022
• Paw’s Up, a luxury dude ranch in Montana, offers guests a chance to dust off their wrangling skills and ride herd on 800-pound Corriente cows.
  — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• The facility was like a dude ranch, where the nobility played winemaker for a day.
  — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 20 Apr. 2023
• What other dude ranch has private tastings in their hidden spirits vault?
  — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
• At various points in his life, Ortiz worked as a lion tamer, a circus performer, a dude ranch manager and a racecar driver.
  — Katie Sanders, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024