lost sheep

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"They brand me as a lost sheep, and young people are told that I'll mislead them. I am lonely most of the time."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

To that end, the lost sheep has come home a leviathan, a little piano turned ferocious beast insisting that you listen, or else.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2021

But because the norm has been to raise the dogs with minimal human interaction, even ranchers who do locate lost sheep dogs have difficulty corralling them because the canines don’t trust people.

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2019

For his part, Dick Hardy lost sheep when a bear broke into his barn.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2014

He lived around 600 B.C. and is said as a boy when looking for a lost sheep to have been overcome by a slumber which lasted for fifty-seven years.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton