sheep

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

And between chalking it uses sheep to keep the grass short.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

As a result, "a sheep or goat that was sold before the war for around 1,000 shekels is now priced between 11,000 and 15,000 shekels," Asaliya said.

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

And it seemed that it would go on or had gone on forever and that there had always been sheep and lambs and birth.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen