sheep
Example Sentences
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The rising sun bathes the rolling Herefordshire hillsides in a warm glow as birds gently chirp and sheep graze in the fields.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"We don't want them getting up at 5 in the morning to check their livestock and finding that their herd of sheep has been dispersed and there's animal carcasses across the farm."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
You may feel like the black sheep of your family, but you can be the North Star of your own life, and your son’s life, and your friends’ lives.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
He has 73 goats—10 of them kids—and two sheep in his flock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The problem with the sheep was that in the shock and pain of birthing, if she was left in the herd, she would often lose track of her lamb and the lamb would die.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
