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

Of course it had to be a lost lamb or a calf in Texas; the wonder was there hadn't been more of them.

From Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party by Goss, John

"Why, here is the lost lamb," said the doctor.

From A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream by Marshall, Emma

He could not recall it at first, but then he remembered the beautiful story which he had heard many times of the lost lamb that came to the church porch at the christening of Ewan.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir