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 Wookiee will live with the lamb, the Anzellan will lie down with the Hutt, the Twi’leks, and the Zabraks and the Mon Calamari, too, and a child — a small, green, long-eared and ever-so-adorable child — shall lead them.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
Given the elaborate literary apparatus, the surprise is that the recipes mostly work, yielding cumin-y plovs with crispy-rice bottoms and rich Uyghur lamb noodles.
—The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The Cara heels are also crafted from black patent lamb leather.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Families with mothers in hijabs and giggling children sit alongside the neighborhood’s old guard and young transplants priced out of Brooklyn’s north, all feasting on great wheels of rashoosh (flatbread) and dishevelments of lamb.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
Given the elaborate literary apparatus, the surprise is that the recipes mostly work, yielding cumin-y plovs with crispy-rice bottoms and rich Uyghur lamb noodles.
—The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The Cara heels are also crafted from black patent lamb leather.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Families with mothers in hijabs and giggling children sit alongside the neighborhood’s old guard and young transplants priced out of Brooklyn’s north, all feasting on great wheels of rashoosh (flatbread) and dishevelments of lamb.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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Bighorn sheep, elk, and pronghorn can also be spotted here.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
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Just hundreds of sheep clinging to the grassy slopes.—
Lori Rackl,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
Noun
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Da Messina’s Annunciation famously excises the angel Gabriel, while Ghirri’s version further edits the event by also obscuring the Virgin herself.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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So are Western destroying angel mushroom, which have creamy white caps and white gills.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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In his work, women were still ethereal innocents who had yet to become believable human beings.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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And quite frankly, that calculus essentially admits that innocents are going to be hurt, but that is a price to pay.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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