lost sheep

Example Sentences

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For him, he said, the piano was like a lost sheep returning home.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2021

But because the norm has been to raise the dogs with minimal human interaction, even ranchers who do locate lost sheep dogs have difficulty corralling them because the canines don’t trust people.

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2019

While Francis has been hugely successful in reaching out to lost sheep, he runs the risk of alienating those already in the fold.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2017

For his part, Dick Hardy lost sheep when a bear broke into his barn.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2014

I studied the clouds’ dark shapes—flocks of lost sheep straying across a desolate wasteland, blown to rags and tatters by the wind.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn