How to Use sheep in a Sentence

sheep

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  • Goats, yaks and sheep come by the tents from time to time.
    Ziyu Zhang, CNN, 10 June 2022
  • The sheep are the stars of the show during Wool Week in the Shetland Islands.
    Megan Specia Andrew Testa, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The sheep stayed in their pens, girls covered their faces.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • As a crowd of spectators cheered, some of the sheep pranced.
    George Steinmetz Catherine Porter, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • And a gun scope, for some reason, had been placed on top of the sheep.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Two sheep are tucked in and ready for bed in the twin beds beside him.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2023
  • Joel might like to own a ranch and raise sheep someday.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Often, the sheep’s head is placed at the center of the platter.
    New York Times, 26 June 2022
  • The days are shorter, the air is crisp and the 40-acre sheep pasture has been dry for months.
    Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Cork trees dotted the vast grassland, and cows and sheep took in the shade beneath them.
    Kristen De Groot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
  • My husband had to knock door to door to find a gun to be able to put the rest of the sheep out of their misery.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 1 May 2024
  • Ramsay, 55, then jumped into the pen, startling some of the sheep.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 July 2022
  • Motorists slowed for tractors and herds of sheep and cattle on the move.
    Jane Ferguson, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • After the high dose of ketamine the brains of these sheep completely stopped.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • An Afar woman puts her sheep in their shelter for the night, in an area called Gega.
    Michael Benanav, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
  • There is no record of an attack on a human, goat, or sheep.
    Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Noticing that the sheep and the doll were a similar color wasn’t racist.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The Vikings also cleared forests in order to use land for crops and sheep grazing.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz, 12 July 2022
  • In fact, with their chickens, pigs, lambs, and sheep, the McNallys don't have to do a lot of shopping for food.
    Kate Betts, ELLE Decor, 13 Apr. 2023
  • By 1983, a passerby could spot sheep grazing on the would-be runways.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • But not too many of us are using sheep to control lawn height these days.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2024
  • The main threats, said Rogers, are deer and elk, as well as a few domestic cattle and sheep.
    Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • In the case of sheep, coyotes and dogs account for more than 70% of predator losses, and dog kills are on the rise.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • At 8 years old, her drawing of sheep was purchased for $5 by the local priest.
    Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Feelings are hurt and then mended like the fences around the sheep enclosure.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The children’s books featured cartoons of sheep and wolves.
    Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
  • From February to June this year, Murdock said, the farm saved 60 sheep and 6 goats.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • They're made with sheep leather wrapped straps that run across the fronts of the boots—perfect for those who prefer to make their own trends.
    Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Blue cheese can be made from various types of milk, including sheep, goat, and cow's milk.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Cattle and horse ranchers have since added their own fences, and there is now a tapestry of old barbed wire and woven sheep wire strung across the region.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2024

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