shepherdess

Example Sentences

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The stories of her dressing as a shepherdess and milking the royal cows are probably no truer than the claim that she said, “Let them eat brioche.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Her mother was a shepherdess, although her failing health meant she couldn't go to the pastures this year.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023

But it’s an older character—Bo Peep, a ceramic shepherdess in a yearslong flirtation with Sheriff Woody—who’s the film’s greatest delight and most original creation.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2019

Actors playing sheep and a shepherdess instruct the crowd in the finer points of baaa-ing and hoof-bumping.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2017

The hour was almost upon me, so in haste I donned my shepherdess costume.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein