as in innocent
an innocent or gentle person
he came to see that the members of the cult were sheep who naively went along with whatever their leader dictated
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Recent Examples of sheep
Club members participate in a variety of projects, including poultry breeding and marketing, arts and crafts, photography, sheep breeding, dairy goat projects and more.
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Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2026
Heck, we even got head-butted together by the resident sheep one evening (now that’s real bonding).
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
Presented at Barunah Plains, an historic sheep station in west Victoria, BTV this year celebrates its 10th edition.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 31 Dec. 2025
Don’t want no aliens after your sheep.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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In a key scene, the innocents jump back and forth between dinner parties playing out at the same time despite taking place on successive nights.—
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The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.—
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For it is He who created the angels, and thus Memnoch, a fallen angel, who God basically sees as the loyal opposition.—
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The handsewn and carefully backstitched quilts feature colorful images of buffalo heads, turtles, eagles, angels and other patterns that come to Water in her dreams.—
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Each bite of brothy ground lamb and beans is flavored with sweet paprika and a touch of red pepper flakes—the perfect savory and spicy balance.—
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Tuck into the popular lamb lollipops with pistachio-mint pesto, the Alfredo Mafaldine or pan-roasted sea scallops.—
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“Sheep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheep. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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