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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018

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

Whatever he was, whether a demon in disguise or just a simple goatherd, it didn’t matter.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall