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
There are many types of curry, some made with vegetarian ingredients like vegetables and beans and others with animal proteins, like chicken and lamb.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 24 Mar. 2025
The brain also looked normal, whereas low-oxygen lambs not treated with MitoQ had heavier brains relative to their body weight.
—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
The organization added that 80 percent of fine merino wool comes from Australia, where live lamb cutting is legal and widely practiced as a quick and low-cost method of preventing fly infestation.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 24 Mar. 2025
The brain also looked normal, whereas low-oxygen lambs not treated with MitoQ had heavier brains relative to their body weight.
—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
The organization added that 80 percent of fine merino wool comes from Australia, where live lamb cutting is legal and widely practiced as a quick and low-cost method of preventing fly infestation.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 12 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
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Thank you dear Lord for my forever baby, my angel Aidan.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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From philanthropy to angel investing, wealthy women are using their money to do good and proving that financial power in the right hands changes everything.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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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 16 Apr. 2025.
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