goatherd

Example Sentences

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An old goatherd imparts sage advice, telling Damien that “time shifts for the grieving. Our bodies change; things don’t quite appear the same anymore.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

Waving our thanks, we start a climb that will lead us into the fragrant wilds of the Mediterranean’s sunny scenery, the steady hum of cicadas interrupted only by the singsong calls of a goatherd.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2019

Gloria Putnam is the goatherd of this motley tribe, and she walks among them, picking mistletoe tangled in an oak to feed the matriarch of the herd, an 11-year-old named Rosie.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018

Pleased with the elegance of this solution, he booked a flight to Switzerland, and arranged a rendezvous with a goatherd.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016

Whatever he was, whether a demon in disguise or just a simple goatherd, it didn’t matter.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall