goatherd

Example Sentences

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An old goatherd imparts sage advice, telling Damien that “time shifts for the grieving. Our bodies change; things don’t quite appear the same anymore.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

Putnam, 46, did not set out to be a goatherd.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018

Pleased with the elegance of this solution, he booked a flight to Switzerland, and arranged a rendezvous with a goatherd.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016

It has faded considerably now, replaced by the cheese-yielding goatherd of Monteillet Fromagerie, which produces small-batch chèvre and brebis with a Francophile’s flair.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2016

During this talk, Melanthios the goatherd came in, driving goats for the suitors’ feast, with his two herdsmen.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer