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 farmer was correct; lambs five and six arrived shortly after Teemu started pushing again.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
The flock is booming — along with two other recent babies, the six new lambs have brought the total up to 21.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The O’Connors plan to keep the four ewes and find homes for the two male lambs.
—Amanda Swinhart, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
There is the lamb-like dreamer, Wesley So, and the trollish Hikaru Nakamura, who believes that his unprecedented success as a streamer has secured him a greater legacy than any prestigious chess title would.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
The flock is booming — along with two other recent babies, the six new lambs have brought the total up to 21.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The O’Connors plan to keep the four ewes and find homes for the two male lambs.
—Amanda Swinhart, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
There is the lamb-like dreamer, Wesley So, and the trollish Hikaru Nakamura, who believes that his unprecedented success as a streamer has secured him a greater legacy than any prestigious chess title would.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for lamb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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Picture murmurations of starlings staining the sky like ink drops or flocks of sheep flowing like liquid.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 May 2026
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Your fans are voting for who their rock star likes, and that’s like being a bunch of sheep.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Guests brought to life looks that referenced papal garments and displayed biblical artifacts like crosses, angel wings and halos.—
Luis Giraldo,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Author Daniel Kraus won in the fiction category for his book Angel Down, a story of World War I soldiers who find a fallen angel amongst the dead in No Man's Land - a tale Kraus relates entirely within one sentence.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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Practically as soon as the #MeToo movement began, it was accused of going too far—sweeping up innocents in its wake, failing to allow its targets due process.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
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How much more dangerous could a regime become than one willing to murder innocents, during peacetime, 8,500 miles away?—
Katherine Ellison,
Washington Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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