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

As the eldest shepherdess, Annar kisses the door of one of the ranches, says a prayer and steps inside carrying a hotplate with burning leaves.

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

“Mary Ann, shepherdess to the lost,” said her mother.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo