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

His father, a goatherd, added to his income with railroad construction work.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

During their travels, they arrived at a dilapidated church, where, at Lucas’s command, a young goatherd was sent into a cave amid the ruins.

From The New Yorker • May 24, 2019

Putnam, 46, did not set out to be a goatherd.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018

I waited a full hour, keeping time on my thrift store watch, to make sure we were far enough behind the goatherd to not meet up with him again.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall