lost lamb

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Kate Riley follows Ruth from childhood to middle age, writing with kindness, hilarity and aphoristic brilliance about this eccentric woman, a lost lamb who never actually leaves the safety of the flock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Mrs. Underdown called me a poor lost lamb.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Already the father was traversing the wilderness in search of his lost lamb, though the lamb knew it not.

From Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

"I might have known it; poor, lost lamb, I might have known it."

From Norston's Rest by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

Thus, on that morning of doom, I took him with me to look for the shepherd and the lost lamb.

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma