sheep

Example Sentences

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Today, the island is also home to 200 sheep and around 30,000 breeding pairs of Manx shearwater birds.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Sometimes sheep are merely sheep, and sometimes they’re stand-ins for a willfully credulous populace.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

The roadway carries more than a million vehicles each month and runs through a key population of bighorn sheep, Caltrans said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Once that stops, the sheep open their eyes and cavort around happily as if nothing had happened.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

They dressed the wound with sheep fat and traditional herbs, which were supposed to kill infection and make the wound heal.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola