herded
Example Sentences
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The 100-odd surviving islanders were herded into a walled village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
In private prisons across the country, detained persons are herded through secure checkpoints, forced to wear color-coded uniforms, and locked in cells.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
In a practice known as turkey droving, thousands of birds, some wearing tiny leather boots, were herded through fields and along rough roads on a three-month journey.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
He remembers feeling as if he and his neighbors were being herded like animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Everything could be used—cans, metal pieces, broken glass, wild animal bones, or bells that fell from the necks of goats herded by shepherds.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
