lambs

noun

plural of lamb
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 lambs Other disputes are minor, like the three animal rights activists who stole lambs from King Charles’ Sandringham estate. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026 Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas USA Miss Kansas USA Madilynn Becker grew up showing livestock in the 4-H circuit, where youth can show animals like hogs, cows, and, in Becker’s case, lambs. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026 Bartenders serve a small selection of wine in short glasses emblazoned with white lambs, and a cocktail list features beverages that range from light and herbaceous to sweet and heady. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 29 July 2026 From dogs tenaciously reading and ebony-and-ivory lambs to intellectual cats and a rabbit that appears knitted, the finalists showcase the creativity of pet photographers worldwide. — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The students and club members raise cows, goats, lambs, hogs, turkeys and more, spending hours feeding and training them daily and preparing them for showing. — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 25 July 2026 Most mammals—but not humans—contain alpha gal, so someone with alpha-gal syndrome will likely have an allergic reaction to consuming meat from cows, pigs, lambs, goats, and deer. — Alice Park, Time, 23 July 2026 The fence ran right along Nine Mile Road, and across that road was another house with another small acreage that had been home to goats and lambs and chickens over the years. — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 Dobbs even let her children get pet lambs. — Leigh Kiniry, CBS News, 18 June 2026
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  1. sheep
  2. angels
  3. innocents
Noun
  • In the end, the sheep are probably the least of Charles’ problems.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026
  • With few neighbors to speak of, save for a few sheep or cows in nearby fields, there’ll be no arguing over bedrooms—the views from each and every one are bucolic.
    — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of sheep
Noun
  • The woman understood from her hasty reading that perhaps all miracles could be attributed to saints and angels if they were experienced by a believer.
    — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Every nightfall is different — different seasonal colors, angels, weather, celestial glows, grasses and shadows.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of angels
Noun
  • On that terrible day, millions of Americans witnessed airplanes flying into buildings, people jumping off skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers collapsing with thousands of innocents inside.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of innocents

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“Lambs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lambs. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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