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
Mandi Oasis is a new Yemeni cafe with a soul-warming lamb stew that arrives at the table bubbling in a clay pot along with ample bread for dipping.
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Bob Carlton, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
Get the lamb chops, the lobster green curry, and the black truffle naan.
—Jordan Michelman, Wired News, 13 Mar. 2026
The centerpiece of this menu are prime-cut entrees ($28-$100, including two sides), such as Black Angus flap meat, ribeyes, porterhouses, tomahawks, spinalis (flavorful ribeye cap muscle), six-rib lamb rack and matambre de res (a beef cut stuffed with mozzarella and gratineed Roquefort).
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
The handwritten menu changes almost daily, and it’s loaded with traditional dishes like oysters, rillet, confit garlic and goats’ curd on toast, chicken liver parfait, and chargrilled lambs’ hearts.
—Cass Farrar, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2026
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Bob Carlton, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
Get the lamb chops, the lobster green curry, and the black truffle naan.
—Jordan Michelman, Wired News, 13 Mar. 2026
The centerpiece of this menu are prime-cut entrees ($28-$100, including two sides), such as Black Angus flap meat, ribeyes, porterhouses, tomahawks, spinalis (flavorful ribeye cap muscle), six-rib lamb rack and matambre de res (a beef cut stuffed with mozzarella and gratineed Roquefort).
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
The handwritten menu changes almost daily, and it’s loaded with traditional dishes like oysters, rillet, confit garlic and goats’ curd on toast, chicken liver parfait, and chargrilled lambs’ hearts.
—Cass Farrar, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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The moment has been so baked into America's cultural cake that Tea Party Republicans parroted the phrase, not realizing that the film is a satire of sheep mentality and the man who authored it (screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky) was a political lefty.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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The farmer manages a male-only herd of sheep.—
Lisa Gutierrez
March 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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Outside of his work with OnlyFans, Radvinsky was an angel investor and a philanthropist, the company shared.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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In addition to his work at OnlyFans, Radvinsky was an angel investor in a number of companies.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and much of the Iranian security hierarchy, would not survive the first day of bombing; neither would about a hundred and seventy-five innocents in the southern city of Minab, most of them children.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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As Archangel Michael, Devyn Wade is both boyishly sweet and terrified as a devil’s advocate, cautiously questioning God’s decisions and her history of killing the innocent.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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