lost lamb
Example Sentences
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Kate Riley follows Ruth from childhood to middle age, writing with kindness, hilarity and aphoristic brilliance about this eccentric woman, a lost lamb who never actually leaves the safety of the flock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Mrs. Underdown called me a poor lost lamb.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Mistress Gifford had gone out early to look after the shepherd, who was seeking a lost lamb, and the black man had come out of a hollow.
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma
Left alone the young queen strayed through the magnificent palace like a lost lamb.
From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Fillmore, Parker
The mother had dined in the ladies' cabin, and retired to her berth to lie down, and this lost lamb was searching for her.
From Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft
