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sacrificial lamb
noun as in hostage
noun as in immolation
Example Sentences
Some Trump opponents have worried that Gaetz was a "sacrificial lamb" and that Senate Republicans wouldn't press their luck by challenging other nominees.
In other words, she wouldn’t want to be the sacrificial lamb in a year that Democrats, in Marshall’s view, appear poised to lose.
The left-winger says he has been made a "sacrificial lamb" after he was suspended by the party this week over a complaint about his behaviour, which he said was "vexatious and politically motivated".
Former Brighton MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle told the BBC he had been made a "sacrificial lamb" after Labour suspended him following a complaint about his behaviour.
For example, Miriam balks when Saul suggests that her son was a sacrificial lamb whose murder by the Romans was allowed by God; this foundational Christian belief is “a brand new idea to her, and it’s heartbreaking to hear someone spin it that way to a grieving mother.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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