one of the herd

Example Sentences

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The Royal Welsh also selected one of the herd to be its regimental mascot, although it was not a straightforward affair as Fusilier Shenkin IV repeatedly gave soldiers the slip.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2022

One Marquette professor remembers him as "independent, not one of the herd, a take-charge guy."

From Time Magazine Archive

In a few minutes the steer picked the new bull up, quieted him down, and made him one of the herd.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Of course, you know, my dear, that I'm not one of the herd.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

And he probably comes on the print when he has almost made up his mind to chance a shot at one of the herd below the hill, where he hides.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.