shepherdess
Example Sentences
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He is lamenting the death of his wife, Seleuce, who is not actually dead but also on Cyprus, pretending to be a shepherdess and looking for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Channel 5 controller Ben Frow recently said Our Yorkshire Farm, which follows North Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen and her family, was the broadcaster's most successful factual programme ever.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2021
But it’s an older character—Bo Peep, a ceramic shepherdess in a yearslong flirtation with Sheriff Woody—who’s the film’s greatest delight and most original creation.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2019
The effect is unnerving—a kind of neurotic pastoral—and, like the shepherdess, we’re not sure how to react.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
In the living room, at the base of the stairs, the little shepherdess lamp was waiting, a pink-cheeked smirk plastered on her face.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
