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
The leaves make a zesty sauce for lamb and add a fun zing to salads.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 May 2025
Serve family-style, or divide the salad and lamb among individual plates.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Actual lambs frisked in the fields, on legs like little girls’.
—Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
The pallium, a liturgical vestment made of wool from lambs raised by Trappist monks, symbolizes the pope’s role as the shepherd of the faithful; the pope’s pallium is worn on the shoulders, fastened with three pins resembling the nails of the cross, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 May 2025
Serve family-style, or divide the salad and lamb among individual plates.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Actual lambs frisked in the fields, on legs like little girls’.
—Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
The pallium, a liturgical vestment made of wool from lambs raised by Trappist monks, symbolizes the pope’s role as the shepherd of the faithful; the pope’s pallium is worn on the shoulders, fastened with three pins resembling the nails of the cross, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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The gang also stole 18 oxen, 30 pigs, and about 200 sheep and lambs.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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While the human presence on the islands by the Chumash Indians dates back some 13,000 years, Santa Cruz provided grazing for both cattle and sheep in more recent history.—
Paul Bersebach,
Oc Register,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Muslims believe that as Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, an angel of God stopped him and gave him a ram to sacrifice in place of his son.—
Monica Haider,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Signature brand pieces include amulets, angels, royal blue moonstones and more.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
6 June 2025
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Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague accuse the 80-year-old political patriarch of carrying out a brutal war on drugs that killed possibly thousands of people, including many innocents and bystanders.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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Some rights groups say the death toll could be as high as 30,000 with innocents and bystanders often caught in the crossfire.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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