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

During their travels, they arrived at a dilapidated church, where, at Lucas’s command, a young goatherd was sent into a cave amid the ruins.

From The New Yorker • May 24, 2019

Gloria Putnam is the goatherd of this motley tribe, and she walks among them, picking mistletoe tangled in an oak to feed the matriarch of the herd, an 11-year-old named Rosie.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018

I was leaving, the goatherd said that he thought that the herd had accepted me into their social group.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2016

“Gracias, señoritas,” the chupacabras said, looking more like Chencho the goatherd than the demon.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall