as in sheep
an innocent or gentle person
the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them
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Recent Examples of lamb
Choose from about a dozen cuts of beef, alongside lamb, veal, duck, fish, and lobster thermidor.
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Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
If your lamb is boneless spread out the meat to do this.
—Rebekah Evans, theweek, 17 Oct. 2024
Animal rights advocates are asking Denver voters to shut down the lone slaughterhouse in Denver, a lamb processing facility owned by Superior Farms in the Globeville neighborhood.
—John Frank, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
The over 100-year-old butcher shop offers cuts of lamb, pork, beef and veal alongside myriad sausages, plus a handful of bread products.
—Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2024
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Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
If your lamb is boneless spread out the meat to do this.
—Rebekah Evans, theweek, 17 Oct. 2024
Animal rights advocates are asking Denver voters to shut down the lone slaughterhouse in Denver, a lamb processing facility owned by Superior Farms in the Globeville neighborhood.
—John Frank, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
The over 100-year-old butcher shop offers cuts of lamb, pork, beef and veal alongside myriad sausages, plus a handful of bread products.
—Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for lamb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
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Hunters sometimes mistake grizzlies for legal-to-hunt black bears or kill grizzlies in self-defense — and wildlife managers often kill grizzlies that prey on cattle and sheep.Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 23 Oct. 2024
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This Black Sheep is a New Zealand film about zombie sheep.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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But at times, there’s a defensive, slightly cruel streak to his patter that can eclipse his better angels (of which there are many) and test the goodwill of those around him.Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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The next batch of kids included a little angel who immediately burst into tears at the sight of Rodrigo.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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East is her foil, a naive innocent raised within the strictures of Mormonism, which she's never stopped to question.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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By contrast, the Westerners who Russia freed were seen by the U.S. as innocents — journalists and peaceful opponents to the Putin regime.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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