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
Coat the lamb on all sides with the rub and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
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Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
The lamb then circles the dog as the women behind the camera coo over the moment.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, she was used to spending her spare time feeding animals or birthing lambs.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2025
Think ribeye steak, lamb chops, or even a juicy burger.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
The lamb then circles the dog as the women behind the camera coo over the moment.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, she was used to spending her spare time feeding animals or birthing lambs.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2025
Think ribeye steak, lamb chops, or even a juicy burger.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lamb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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By opening her hogan to visitors, Yazzie hopes to introduce people to the Navajo lifestyle, which traditionally involves herding sheep, weaving rugs, growing crops, and silversmithing.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2025
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Some hold the skulls of wild sheep, but one specific burial has the breastbone, a great bustard with cut marks.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Instead of encountering the risen Lord, these women see two angels.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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Bruno Ganz, in an unforgettable performance, plays an angel who can hear the thoughts of the denizens of Berlin and decides to give up his immortality to join them.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Remmick wants to pull Sammie’s music into his homogeneous blob of bloodsuckers, and likely use it to attract more innocents into the vampire circle.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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What kind of people approve of a government that extra-judicially kidnaps innocents and renders them into the hands of a foreign gulag—and then hides behind that government when ordered by an American court to bring them back?—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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