Example Sentences

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Herdsmen lead cattle down from the mountains near the Bavarian village of Oberstdorf in southern Germany.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2013

Herdsmen like the Iceman, on the lookout for new pastures, began to move to higher ground.

From Time Magazine Archive

Herdsmen this month drive their cattle from the cramped valleys into the mountain pastures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Herdsmen were driving beasts into the keep—and all the beasts strayed, or got muddled with each other, or would not go through gates.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Herdsmen beheld these angels bright To them appeared with great light, And said, God's Son is born this night, In Excelsis Gloria!

From In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)