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Use maverick in a sentence

Definition of maverick:

  • (noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
  • (noun) an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf)
  • (adjective) independent in behavior or thought;

Sentence Examples:

The maverick began to graze.

I'm a plain, ornery maverick.

Dig up some more cartridges, you maverick!

The mavericks were an unfailing source of quarrels.

These meteorites are the mavericks of the universe.

The maverick leaped about his prostrate captor, stiff-legged.

Oh, about that first maverick money I ran afoul of!

"I guess Jo thought you were a maverick when he lassoed you."

The mustang snorted and dragged the maverick over the torn sod.

Many of these maverick projectiles exploded on impact and added to the devastation.

Why, it doesn't seem more than yesterday that you were calling me a pug-nosed maverick.

For half an hour Carolyn June petted the little stallion and the Gold Dust maverick.

On the maverick's back, bareheaded, her brown hair tumbled about her neck, was Carolyn June.

In the intermediate levels stray mavericks of cloud were pivoting about like prairie cattle milling in a blizzard.

Who would have expected that a maverick meteor would come at us and displace us from our orbit?

Being a Westerner, she had the Westerner's horror of a maverick sporting the brand of a thoroughbred.

Captain Jack and the Gold Dust maverick nosed each other over the shoulders of their dismounted riders.

Instantly the maverick set all four hoofs in the soft prairie and braced himself against the line.

Before he got the outlaw filly to the stables a half dozen cowboys had recognized the Cimarron maverick.

The Gold Dust maverick at first was shy when Carolyn June opened the gate and entered the corral.

Through the dark, low-lying mass that marked the feeding maverick herd, a sort of convulsive shudder suddenly ran.

A certain stimulant to your work was the fact that you were not the only one out on a maverick hunt.

Carolyn June gave a gasp of admiration as she stepped up to the circular corral and saw the Gold Dust maverick closely.

The bay could lay a five-year-old maverick on his side without budging when the bulk of the critter hit the rope.

He did not want to leave his chum and the maverick behind; yet he was a little vexed at Dig for being so obstinate.

"By the way, Clark," struck in Hank Handcraft suddenly, after a period of deep thought, aided by the consumption of sweet grass stalks, "wouldn't the present time be a good one to drop in on Harkness's mavericks?"

If the calf is not discovered as an imperfect or irregular brand and becomes a maverick, it is kept under surveillance by the thief until he considers it safe to finish the job when he catches it again and brands it with his own iron.

"I'd carry twice as much as I have to, just for the sheer joy of hearing you kick like a Texas maverick by the time you've had the cart handles for two minutes," laughed Tom, as he took his own parcels off the cart.