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

Kudos to all the drivers who patiently allowed their commute to pause while the mother duck herded her children across the highway.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

They alerted shoppers passing by, herded them into stores and locked the doors.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

Proximity, whether voluntary or as a result of “being herded or pushed closer together by crowd control, increases risk of being exposed to the virus,” said Nolan.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2020

We were, over the course of some two hours, herded onto boats and rowed out to ships that sat at anchor in the river.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson