sheep

Example Sentences

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I said this over a telephone, standing in a field of sheep.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Wrotham had rolling fields and a herd of sheep which we painstakingly removed from every exterior shot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

The festival is usually marked with the slaughter of a sheep, with some of the meat given to the needy.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Today, the island is also home to 200 sheep and around 30,000 breeding pairs of Manx shearwater birds.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The stinky place: Nothing smells like a sheep barn with four or five hundred sheep crammed in.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen