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

His father, a goatherd, added to his income with railroad construction work.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

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

“I feel like a tourist in my own country,” I said, taking in a goatherd leading a half-dozen emaciated goats along the side of the road.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini