shepherd

Example Sentences

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Unless you are at the level of wealth where you’re hiring a full-time money manager to shepherd your family foundation, you should retain control over your finances.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

If the customer wanted cool, Jacobs would be their shepherd, skipping hand-in-hand with them into the future with abandon.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

A local shepherd told the BBC he was at the shop about 30 minutes beforehand, offering to supply the family with yoghurt.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

To get to campus, parents must shepherd their children through a concrete labyrinth, past auto body shops and steel manufacturers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Inside the courtroom door they had placed a large metal detector, on the other side of which was an enormous German shepherd held back by a police officer.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson