lamb

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Recent Examples of lamb Instead of elaborate tables with glazed ham, roasted lamb, carefully prepared sides and desserts that take hours to prepare, families today opt for simpler, more relaxed meals that emphasize convenience, connection and less stress. Food Drink Life, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025 Lazarou’s moussaka, made with shrimp instead of the traditional lamb, was light and aromatic; a risotto of brown orzo with Greek cheese, chili pepper, and wine from the nearby island of Lemnos was somehow both wholesome and indulgent. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025 Signature dishes include well-spiced lamb chops, tender goat and creamy feta saganaki. Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 Carnivores, meanwhile, can carve into filets, New York strips and ribeyes with optional Bearnaise sauce, black truffle butter and bleu cheese crust, along with Berkshire pork in a sherry reduction and double-bone lamb chops in roasted garlic-thyme jus. Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lamb
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Noun
  • An opening montage includes a bloodied sheep ostensibly mauled by an ochi.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • Beyond the sheep and horse, the day’s finds include part of a wolverine and an American cheetah petrosal bone.
    Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Each finger sported its own unique, cherubic nail art, with plump baby angels fluttering across her nails.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 May 2025
  • The report shows that pre-seed investors, both angels and VCs, are demanding more than a compelling narrative.
    Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • If its sympathies can’t help but tilt a little toward the colonized, the film still plays like a nightmare in which every escalation kills more innocents and every victory comes at a horrible cost.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • After decades of lycanthropy, Sir John is no longer a reluctant killer and has stopped chaining himself up during the full moon, now gleefully slaughtering innocents without a care in the world.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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