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
The Sheep Detectives follows George Hardy (Jackman), a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
It is piled like a crunchy cloud atop fresh Cretan mizithra cheese and a mix of sheep and goat graviera, a hard yellow cheese from the Peloponnese, and drizzled with local honey syrup.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
In the first It movie (2017) directed by Andy Muschietti, a young Mike Hanlon (Chason Jacobs) goes to work at the family sheep farm.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
For our money, the noise wins out every time, with the notable exception of scenes including that sheep.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
It is piled like a crunchy cloud atop fresh Cretan mizithra cheese and a mix of sheep and goat graviera, a hard yellow cheese from the Peloponnese, and drizzled with local honey syrup.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
In the first It movie (2017) directed by Andy Muschietti, a young Mike Hanlon (Chason Jacobs) goes to work at the family sheep farm.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
For our money, the noise wins out every time, with the notable exception of scenes including that sheep.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Oct. 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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Ratajkowski was given angel wings for her debut, shaped like an orchid flower.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Watching over Arj is an angel named Gabriel, whose duty is to keep people who text and drive from getting in a wreck.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In addition, chicken dumplings were stored above beef and lamb dumplings in a retail freezer.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Sheep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheep. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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