as in sheep
an innocent or gentle person
the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them
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Recent Examples of lamb
The brain also looked normal, whereas low-oxygen lambs not treated with MitoQ had heavier brains relative to their body weight.
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Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Locals queue to watch Oguz’s team hand-roll and bake the supple lavash and grill chunks of beef, chicken, and lamb over blisteringly hot charcoal.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
Sriram stars in her 16mm debut as AP, a fun-loving dominatrix who learns from a tarot reader (Big Freedia) that she’s been cursed, and the only way to lift the curse is to come up with $1,000 and sacrifice a baby lamb.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
March may come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, but in between there are a whole lot of arts events to enjoy.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
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Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Locals queue to watch Oguz’s team hand-roll and bake the supple lavash and grill chunks of beef, chicken, and lamb over blisteringly hot charcoal.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
Sriram stars in her 16mm debut as AP, a fun-loving dominatrix who learns from a tarot reader (Big Freedia) that she’s been cursed, and the only way to lift the curse is to come up with $1,000 and sacrifice a baby lamb.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
March may come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, but in between there are a whole lot of arts events to enjoy.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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Made with a leather outer and 100 percent sheep leather lining, the shoes have a stunning glossy finish that is complimented by a nylon twill bow.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 2025
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Those spruce trees had colonized fields once used for sheep farming.—
Jennifer Wolcott,
The Christian Science Monitor,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Instead of encountering the risen Lord, these women see two angels.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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Bruno Ganz, in an unforgettable performance, plays an angel who can hear the thoughts of the denizens of Berlin and decides to give up his immortality to join them.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own agenda.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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According to human rights organizations, most were denied due process, innocents including children were detained, and hundreds were tortured in jail and died.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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