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View definitions for sacrificial lamb

sacrificial lamb

noun as in hostage

noun as in immolation

noun as in sacrifice

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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.

From Salon

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.

From Slate

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".

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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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