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
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.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Hearts have melted over a newborn lamb who has always been obsessed with taking a nap in humans' arms.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
My lamb chops arrived quickly plated simply and thoughtfully on a wooden board.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Sriram stars in her 16mm debut as AP, a fun-loving dominatrix who learns from a tarot reader (Big Freedia) that she’s been cursed, and the only way to lift the curse is to come up with $1,000 and sacrifice a baby lamb.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Hearts have melted over a newborn lamb who has always been obsessed with taking a nap in humans' arms.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
My lamb chops arrived quickly plated simply and thoughtfully on a wooden board.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Sriram stars in her 16mm debut as AP, a fun-loving dominatrix who learns from a tarot reader (Big Freedia) that she’s been cursed, and the only way to lift the curse is to come up with $1,000 and sacrifice a baby lamb.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 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
Noun
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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 15 Apr. 2025.
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