lost lamb
Example Sentences
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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
He speaks—the mountains kneel, the valleys rise; Rolls to the north the land-dividing wave; Equality—nay, justice, holds the helm, Each hath his own, the lost lamb finds the fold.
From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Whitney, Orson F.
Left alone the young queen strayed through the magnificent palace like a lost lamb.
From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Fillmore, Parker
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)
