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

A local shepherd told the BBC he was at the shop about 30 minutes beforehand, offering to supply the family with yoghurt.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Jody patted their heads—Doubletree Mutt with the big thick tail and yellow eyes, and Smasher, the shepherd, who had killed a coyote and lost an ear doing it.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck