as in innocent
an innocent or gentle person
he came to see that the members of the cult were sheep who naively went along with whatever their leader dictated
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Recent Examples of sheep
On the mountains, the unattended sheep raised their faces to the sky and blinked.
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Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Make sure to stop at the Wool Tent for raw, washed and ready to spin fleece from sheep, alpacas, goats, llamas and even rabbits.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
This petting zoo with goats, sheep and guinea pigs will have a pumpkin patch with seasonal decorations.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Make sure to stop at the Wool Tent for raw, washed and ready to spin fleece from sheep, alpacas, goats, llamas and even rabbits.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
This petting zoo with goats, sheep and guinea pigs will have a pumpkin patch with seasonal decorations.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheep
Noun
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The slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Jesus in the Book of Matthew is depicted by limp infants that Gaudí modelled on casts of actual stillborn babies.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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This lesson plan includes no discussion of how, in the name of socialism and equality, Cold War despots in Russia, Romania, Poland and other Eastern Bloc counties slaughtered innocents, seized property and sunk their countries into starvation-level poverty.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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He will be killed by his brother, the angel Ejllael (Steve Noh), for bowing to a human.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Capellini is a long, thin noodle that is thinner than spaghettini (thin spaghetti) and thicker than angel hair.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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However, last night the girls came over and OP cooked a lamb roast for her partner's son's birthday.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Experimental systems have supported premature lambs in liquid environments for days or weeks by connecting umbilical vessels to external oxygenation circuits.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Sheep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheep. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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