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
In the celebrated “Alto Giove” from Porpora’s “Polifemo,” Ms. Hallenberg raptly intones Aci’s ravishing prayer of thanksgiving to Jupiter for bestowing on him the shepherdess Galatea.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2020
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
Tootie was marching ahead of them, holding the little shepherdess out in front of her and shouting Ulysses's name.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
