SHEEP in a Sentence
Learn SHEEP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
155 example sentences for SHEEP, such as:
1. The sheep battened upon the herbage.
2. Tom is the black sheep of his family.
3. There is a black sheep in every flock.
4. One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.
5. The sheep were penned in behind the barn.
2. Tom is the black sheep of his family.
3. There is a black sheep in every flock.
4. One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.
5. The sheep were penned in behind the barn.
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Meanings and Examples of SHEEP
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sheep
n. woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
n. a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
Classic Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1 There, too, were droves of sheep and bullocks coming in from the outlying pasture lands, and trains of tired immigrants, men and horses equally weary of their interminable journey.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
2 On the edge of a jutting pinnacle, three or four hundred feet above him, there stood a creature somewhat resembling a sheep in appearance, but armed with a pair of gigantic horns.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3 The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud.
4 To that horror we all must come--cows, pigs, hens, sheep, everyone.
5 The cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it, the horses whinnied it, the ducks quacked it.
6 It was also found that the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens, and ducks, were unable to learn the Seven Commandments by heart.
7 Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pail over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side.
8 The pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball's back, and a sheep dropped dead.
9 The flag was run up and 'Beasts of England' was sung a number of times, then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral, a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave.
10 There was also "Animal Hero, Second Class," which was conferred posthumously on the dead sheep.
11 He was especially successful with the sheep.
12 Of late the sheep had taken to bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad" both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this.
13 When the animals had assembled in the big barn, Snowball stood up and, though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep, set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill.
14 At this Snowball sprang to his feet, and shouting down the sheep, who had begun bleating again, broke into a passionate appeal in favour of the windmill.
15 The horses carried it off in cart-loads, the sheep dragged single blocks, even Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share.
Example Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1 Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.
2 One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
3 It is madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf.
4 We found an old sheep skeleton up on the cliffs.
5 The sheep battened upon the herbage.
6 One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.
7 The gap in the fence was just wide enough for the sheep to get through.
8 The sheep were penned in behind the barn.
9 There is a black sheep in every flock.
10 It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.
11 Tom is the black sheep of his family.
12 The dust raised by the sheep does not choke the wolf.
13 By little and little the wolf eateth the sheep.
14 The sheep dog protects the sheep from danger.
15 Thieves carried off the farmer's sheep during the night.