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
Some will welcome it; there is certainly an argument that the attempts to imitate Guardiola’s style, playing from the back against high-class opponents with a plan to press them into mistakes, led to some coaches leading their teams like lambs to the slaughter.
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Butchering an animal for meat — slaughtering cows, pigs, lambs — was an act of necessity, not pleasure.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
The Milky Way is visible to the naked eye, along with the Southern Cross and indigenous constellations in the shape of baby lambs and foxes with pointy ears.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Here, as in many koutoukia, the dish to order is the Athenian lamb chops, grilled on a wood or charcoal fire.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Butchering an animal for meat — slaughtering cows, pigs, lambs — was an act of necessity, not pleasure.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
The Milky Way is visible to the naked eye, along with the Southern Cross and indigenous constellations in the shape of baby lambs and foxes with pointy ears.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Here, as in many koutoukia, the dish to order is the Athenian lamb chops, grilled on a wood or charcoal fire.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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About 1,746 people died, along with thousands of cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, dogs, and untold birds, antelope, and other wildlife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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The process typically lasts only a few minutes per sheep and is done at least once a year to prevent health complications such as overheating, flystrike, and restricted movement caused by excess wool growth.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Reina has made 74 angel investments over the past eight years, including Revolut, Volumetric, Elroy Air, and Speckle.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
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To complete your angel costume, wear a white dress and some sparkly makeup.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Neither Sadat nor Begin were innocents or doves.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 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
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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