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• The scan showed that the ewe was bearing twins.From the entry bear
• The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.From the entry lamb
• She would be muttering to the ewes—Where has that old airmonger gone now?2022, Christiane M. Andrews, Wolfish, →ISBN. From the entry airmonger
• 'Mehh,' they say to the ewes, and the ewes answer, ¶ 'Meeehh.' ¶ 'Mheh.' ¶ 'Meh-meh.'2017, Amanda Craig, The Lie of the Land, London: Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 318. From the entry meh
• Sheep are classified as wethers, rams, ewes, hoggasters or two-year-olds, and lambs.2014 [1951], H. P. R. Finberg, “Chapter V: Pastoral husbandry”, in Tavistock Abbey: A Study in the Social and Economic History of Devon…. From the entry hogget
• The overnourished adolescent ewe model utilizes the hierarchy of nutrient partitioning to limit fetal placental growth.2008, Jill Marie Koch, “Intrauterine Growth Restriction”, in Periconceptional Treatment with Growth Hormone Alters Fetal Growth and…. From the entry overnourished
• I stump down my field, not the lane past Mike's, and the ewes think it's feeding time.2006, Hilary Lloyd, A Necessary Killing, UKA Press, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry cupboard love
• Skilled sheep shearers can get the wool off a ewe in two shakes of a lamb's tail.2005 December 15, Adrian Higgins, “And All the Trimmings”, in Washington Post, page H01. From the entry in two shakes
• This incurable disease, called scrapie, became a large problem, often killing one ewe in ten.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 272. From the entry scrapie
• With regard to the yeld ewes, untupped, may I ask the Minister what this means?1985, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Official Report, 5th Series, page 227. From the entry yeld
• Adroitly the ewe led the way to the creek, and the lamb followed.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry adroitly
• It was a godsend when an undemonstrative ewe and demonstrative lamb came in.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry undemonstrative
• She saw a ram following a ewe.1987, Peter Pabisch, “H. C. Artmann”, in Donald G[eorge] Daviau, editor, Major Figures of Contemporary Austrian Literature, New York…. From the entry haress
• He shook his head mournfully, and frowned, as he contemplated this embarrassing gaffe of the black ewe of the family.1964, Eric Forbes-Boyd, In Crusader Greece: A Tour of the Castles of the Morea, page 117. From the entry black ewe
• No information could be found on the relationship between the productivity of ewes and the states of their mouths.1957, The New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, page 587. From the entry mouth
• Gentle as a sheep—and no more capable of running that big, expensive plant than a motherly old ewe.1915, Basil King, chapter 3, in The Side Of The Angels. From the entry dunderhead
• Imbolc has three major associations: the veneration of fire and water, the quickening of new life in the womb, and the lactation of ewes.2007, Judy Ann Nock, “Season Three: Imbolc: First Light in the Dark of Winter”, in The Provenance Press Guide to the Wiccan Year: Spells…. From the entry Imbolc
• Then another ewe started to behave in a way that was most unsheeplike and, for a while anyway, I thought it rather impressive.1999, Adam Nicolson, Perch Hill: a new life. From the entry unsheeplike
• In particular, checking ewe tag numbers mated to a particular ram, both prior to and after joining, was essential to detect misdrafting and “fence jumping”.1993, A.M. Crawford, M.L. Tate, J.C. McEwan, G. Kumaramanickavel, K.M. McEwan, K.G. Dodds, P.A. Swarbrick, P. Thompson, “How Reliale are…. From the entry misdraft
• The lambless ewe immediately smelled each of the triplets, and promptly refused all of them, still bleating loudly and persistently for her lost one.1983, Helena Dettmer, Horace: a study in structure. From the entry lambless
• Ewes can be souted (diseased), sheep can be kessen (on their backs and unable to rise), and various animals kenspecked (branded, marked).1979, Peter Wright, Cumbrian Dialect, Dalesman Books, page 11. From the entry kenspecked
• After we got the ewes "mouthed out," we turned them over to the herder that Foncy had hired to drive them to Shaniko.1976, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Historical Quarterly, page 27. From the entry mouth
• Members of his family have looked after this temple for generations and one of its most ewe possessions is a long scroll in his handwriting.1965 April, Rewi Alley, “From Taipeh Shan to Taihang Shan”, in Eastern Horizon, volume IV, number 4, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press…. From the entry Tangyin
• An examination of the taggiest of the ewes showed a heavy infestation of red-headed lice to be the cause of the unrest.1921, Research Bulletin, numbers 347-359, page 66. From the entry taggy
• As these ewes had been dipped 2 years before, the lice probably had been introduced into the flock by an imported ram.1921, Research Bulletin, numbers 347-359, page 66. From the entry taggy
• It was my first book, my only book, my ewe lamb; but it was not a “work,” not an “important publication, ” like Mr.1900, The Book Lover, numbers 5-10, page 234. From the entry ewe lamb

Meaning of ewe

1. noun A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

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Questions about ewe in a sentence

How do you use ewe in a sentence?

Ewe is used as a noun. For example: “The scan showed that the ewe was bearing twins.”

What is a short sentence with ewe?

“She saw a ram following a ewe.”

What does ewe mean?

Ewe means a female sheep, as opposed to a ram.