SHEPHERD in a Sentence
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58 example sentences for SHEPHERD, such as:
1. A guide shepherded the tourists into the coach.
2. When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
3. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
4. The shepherd has penned up the sheep in the four acre field.
5. From that time forth, strange things happened in the shepherd's house.
2. When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
3. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
4. The shepherd has penned up the sheep in the four acre field.
5. From that time forth, strange things happened in the shepherd's house.
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Meanings and Examples of SHEPHERD
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shepherd
n. a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
v. watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
Classic Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1 His horse would have ran off, if a shepherd who was coming by, driving a cow, had not stopped it.
2 Then the shepherd jumped upon the horse, wished Hans and the cow good morning, and away he rode.
3 She was prettier than all the pretty girls that ever were seen before, and a shepherd lad, whose name was Jorindel, was very fond of her, and they were soon to be married.
4 A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown very old, and had lost all his teeth.
5 The wolf ran with the child a little way; the shepherd and his wife screamed out; but Sultan soon overtook him, and carried the poor little thing back to his master and mistress.
6 Then the shepherd patted him on the head, and said, 'Old Sultan has saved our child from the wolf, and therefore he shall live and be well taken care of, and have plenty to eat.'
7 A shepherd's dog had a master who took no care of him, but often let him suffer the greatest hunger.
8 The shepherd was willing, and got in, and the peasant shut the top down on him; then he took the shepherd's flock for himself, and drove it away.
9 It befell, however, that a shepherd kept his sheep in the field and saw the flower, and as it was so pretty, plucked it, took it with him, and laid it away in his chest.
10 From that time forth, strange things happened in the shepherd's house.
11 The shepherd did as she bade him, and next morning just as day dawned, he saw the chest open, and the flower come out.
12 Nevertheless, she promised not to go away, but to continue keeping house for the shepherd.
13 So he went up to a neighbouring hill, where a shepherd dwelt, and borrowed his old frock, and thus passed unknown into the town.
14 One day the young shepherd told the count's steward that he had seen a wolf come out of the Sabine mountains, and prowl around his flock.
15 Cucumetto seemed to yield to his friend's entreaties, and bade him find a shepherd to send to Rita's father at Frosinone.
Example Sentence:
1 I should have been a careless shepherd if I had left a lamb so near a wolf's den.
2 The shepherd has penned up the sheep in the four acre field.
3 The rattling teacups would change to tinkling sheep bells, and the Queen's shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd boy.
4 Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
5 The shepherd has penned the sheep in the five-acre field.
6 The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
7 When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
8 A guide shepherded the tourists into the coach.