sheep

Example Sentences

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When a shepherd named George, played by Hugh Jackman, gets murdered, his loyal flock of sheep set out to find the killer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The city sprawl quickly gave way to stone-walled fields full of dazzling yellow rape and spring-green grass dotted with sheep and frolicking lambs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

"If the sheep are dictating safety and the wolves are not, then there's no purpose," Brockman said Musk allegedly told employees at the time.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

John toils as a sheep farmer and weaver, and practices a fire-and-brimstone form of Presbyterianism.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The sheep, apparently, got hungry on the way and stopped for a snack.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer