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
Same goes for the bones from your barbecued ribs or rack of lamb.
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Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
There will be live jazz music from Sky Covington and ensemble, a buffet featuring fresh seafood, tender lamb carving station, charcuterie, dessert shooters, and open bar.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2024
According to the , washing raw poultry, beef, , lamb, or veal before cooking increases the risk of cross-contamination rather than making the safer.
—Darlin Tillery, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
And there are skewers, as there have to be: One with Wagyu top sirloin marinated in pomegranate-ginger syrup, another with ground lamb and mint and another with springy chunks of king-trumpet mushrooms.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
There will be live jazz music from Sky Covington and ensemble, a buffet featuring fresh seafood, tender lamb carving station, charcuterie, dessert shooters, and open bar.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2024
According to the , washing raw poultry, beef, , lamb, or veal before cooking increases the risk of cross-contamination rather than making the safer.
—Darlin Tillery, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
And there are skewers, as there have to be: One with Wagyu top sirloin marinated in pomegranate-ginger syrup, another with ground lamb and mint and another with springy chunks of king-trumpet mushrooms.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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How about other livestock, such as swine, sheep, goats, and horses?—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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Ancient petroglyphs—sheep, deer, a snake—are visible just five minutes along the trail.—
Alison Osius,
Outside Online,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This organizer comes in three stylish colors to choose from: avocado green, angel white, and olive green.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2025
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Sheila’s chambers were decorated with pictures and figurines of angels.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Al-Qaeda’s attack on Sept. 11, 2001, which murdered about 3,000 innocents of every race, background and socio-economic class, left him somewhere between agnostic and satisfied.—
Jeff Robbins,
Boston Herald,
14 Oct. 2024
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As the creature prepares to attack the innocents, it is bound by a familiar orange magic as the Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Strange (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) appears.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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