shepherd

Example Sentences

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Unless you are at the level of wealth where you’re hiring a full-time money manager to shepherd your family foundation, you should retain control over your finances.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

If the customer wanted cool, Jacobs would be their shepherd, skipping hand-in-hand with them into the future with abandon.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

He clerked for Neil Gorsuch when he was a federal judge and helped shepherd support for Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court in Trump’s first term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“He’s a shepherd that got up with the sun and watched his flock and tried to survive,” Donovan says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Once again the passive voice makes that possible, even though the baby didn’t do anything: The baby, he says, was given to him by another shepherd.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker