shepherdess
Example Sentences
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Elizabeth was originally depicted as a shepherdess with a crook and a lamb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
As the eldest shepherdess, Annar kisses the door of one of the ranches, says a prayer and steps inside carrying a hotplate with burning leaves.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023
In the celebrated “Alto Giove” from Porpora’s “Polifemo,” Ms. Hallenberg raptly intones Aci’s ravishing prayer of thanksgiving to Jupiter for bestowing on him the shepherdess Galatea.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2020
But it’s an older character—Bo Peep, a ceramic shepherdess in a yearslong flirtation with Sheriff Woody—who’s the film’s greatest delight and most original creation.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2019
They were all still laughing when the temporarily blind William Spiver stepped on the cord of the little shepherdess and tripped.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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