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

Hama Soor wore the standard outfit of a Zagros goatherd: wide trousers, a broad waistband and a tasseled brown head scarf whose pattern was so typically Kurdish it sometimes got wearers in trouble in Turkey.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022

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

“I feel like a tourist in my own country,” I said, taking in a goatherd leading a half-dozen emaciated goats along the side of the road.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini