shepherdess
Example Sentences
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Elizabeth was originally depicted as a shepherdess with a crook and a lamb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Her mother was a shepherdess, although her failing health meant she couldn't go to the pastures this year.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
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
“What girl wouldn't? You'd look sweet, Mrs. de Winter, dressed as a little Dresden shepherdess, your hair tucked under a big three-cornered hat.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
