lamb to the slaughter
Example Sentences
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The paper attacked selection "stuff-ups", too, criticising the inclusion of Cooper Connolly as being like "throwing a lamb to the slaughter".
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
So she set out to reveal the magnetic yet sheltered young woman who later reportedly felt "like a lamb to the slaughter" when she entered her artfully arranged marriage.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023
"I was kind of this lamb to the slaughter," recalls Gillespie, who was also joined on the show by former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2021
The resulting scenes are painful: Diana really does come across as a lamb to the slaughter, a description she once used of herself.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2020
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.
