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
Youth can join 4-H programs starting at age 8, but local guidelines require exhibitors to be at least 9 years old to show ewe lambs like Cali, according to Rayleigh’s mom, Eternity Adams.
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2025
Menu highlights include seasonal seafood pasta, Japanese pork, Australian lamb and Italian desserts, such as cannoli and zabaglione.
—Terry Elward, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Post–museum tour, lunch at Addis Nola—a 15-minute flat stroll—for authentic Ethiopian jollof rice, decorated in succulent, spiced lamb and a fried egg, before checking out St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, only one mile away.
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
The menu includes pastas, meat, fish, lamb chops, wood-oven pizza and charcuterie/antipasto boards.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2025
Menu highlights include seasonal seafood pasta, Japanese pork, Australian lamb and Italian desserts, such as cannoli and zabaglione.
—Terry Elward, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Post–museum tour, lunch at Addis Nola—a 15-minute flat stroll—for authentic Ethiopian jollof rice, decorated in succulent, spiced lamb and a fried egg, before checking out St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, only one mile away.
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
The menu includes pastas, meat, fish, lamb chops, wood-oven pizza and charcuterie/antipasto boards.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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Muslims mark the event by slaughtering sheep or goats.—
Reuters,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Among Season 2’s changes, the role of Pete Plenty Clouds has been recast following the death of Cole Brings Plenty, who played a sheep herder in the first season.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Only Hackman could shift like that, from raconteur to angel of death.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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The weirdest stuff in the movie belongs to Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard’s roles as Christmas angels who narrate the story and get into some hi-jinks on the side.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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Al-Qaeda’s attack on Sept. 11, 2001, which murdered about 3,000 innocents of every race, background and socio-economic class, left him somewhere between agnostic and satisfied.—
Jeff Robbins,
Boston Herald,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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