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
While there are many variations of this popular street food, its base is grilled spiced meat (usually chicken, lamb or beef) shaved from the rotisserie and tucked into a light sleeve of pita bread, topped with things such as tomatoes, onions and parsley and perhaps tahini sauce and hot sauce, too.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Because of its lighter style and crisp acidity, it can even be matched with heavier seafood dishes and grilled vegetables, as well as the classic beef and lamb.
—Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Pork is not halal, and chicken, lamb, or beef need to be slaughtered in the Islamic manner.
—Nazma Begum, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025
Raw chicken kabobs were stored on top of raw lamb inside the meat display cooler, violating proper storage guidelines.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Because of its lighter style and crisp acidity, it can even be matched with heavier seafood dishes and grilled vegetables, as well as the classic beef and lamb.
—Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Pork is not halal, and chicken, lamb, or beef need to be slaughtered in the Islamic manner.
—Nazma Begum, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025
Raw chicken kabobs were stored on top of raw lamb inside the meat display cooler, violating proper storage guidelines.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for lamb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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Gone is the usual array of synthetic materials, replaced with more natural alternatives like a flax-composite shell, corn furniture and sheep's wool upholstery.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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Some of the fields clearly show the benefit of the sheep’s rotational grazing and fertilizing.—
Helen Whybrow
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The shepherds were visited by an angel and guided to the infant king.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Showrunner Tony Tost was truly an angel, and everyone on board were such freak-ass nerds about TV and cinema, and were so excited to share all these reference points with me, like Colombo.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Leave the innocents, the children, the ones who just want to live a simple life, out of the bombing and destruction.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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No acknowledgment of the innocents — including U.S. citizens — swept up in some of the Trump administration’s indiscriminate raids.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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