shepherdess
Example Sentences
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The stories of her dressing as a shepherdess and milking the royal cows are probably no truer than the claim that she said, “Let them eat brioche.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
As the eldest shepherdess, Annar kisses the door of one of the ranches, says a prayer and steps inside carrying a hotplate with burning leaves.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
But it’s an older character—Bo Peep, a ceramic shepherdess in a yearslong flirtation with Sheriff Woody—who’s the film’s greatest delight and most original creation.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2019
There’s a credible and dismaying sequence, late in Schnabel’s film, when van Gogh returns to the shepherdess on the track—the one whom he wanted to sketch at the start.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
Her arms ached from carrying the little shepherdess.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
