lamb

Example Sentences

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“All young animals are appealing,” he wrote, “but the lamb has been given an unfair share of charm.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Rebecca, George’s daughter, is metaphorically a winter lamb, which yields a lesson that it isn’t nice to exclude people or animals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The feasibility study said that current research estimates golden eagles would be responsible for between 0.15% and 3% of all lamb losses in their hunting range.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"It might have looked a bit like a little lamb."

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The weather had turned warm while she had stayed indoors; February was over and March had come in, as they say, like a lamb.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien