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How to use sheep in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Sheep means a woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. Example: “If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.”

Examples of sheep by meaning

nounA woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

  • There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly.1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 449

More sentences with sheep

  • If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.From the entry feed
  • The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall.From the entry compel
  • During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.From the entry fleece
  • He was the black sheep in the family, as an artist among doctors and lawyers.From the entry black sheep
  • Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full.From the entry black sheep
  • In the autumn we round up all the hill sheep and bring them down into the barn.From the entry round up
  • Angus is back in town! Better lock up your daughters, your wife, and your sheep!From the entry lock up
  • I was the white sheep of the family, the straight man.From the entry white sheep
  • Ruminants such as cattle and sheep regurgitate and remasticate their food.From the entry remasticate
  • Mismothering may occur among sheep when a lamb has been separated from the flock and returned.From the entry mismothering
  • Go band for band with me, bruh, we'll be counting like you count sheep falling asleep.From the entry go band for band
  • Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape.From the entry Irish
  • Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.From the entry jet
  • They managed to cross a sheep with a goat.From the entry cross
  • Historically, Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not most Somalis are urbanized people.From the entry Somali
  • The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.From the entry grate
  • In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.From the entry moor
  • The scientists were able to clone a sheep.From the entry clone
  • Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep.From the entry tag
  • Women herded small livestocks such as goats and sheep.From the entry livestock
  • Sheep and flax produce the natural fibers wool and linen.From the entry natural fiber
  • There's a big buncha sheep in the field.From the entry buncha
  • Jacob sheep are polycerate, commonly having four horns.From the entry polycerate
  • No, your freedom of the city doesn't allow you to ignore traffic fines or drive sheep through rush-hour traffic.From the entry freedom of the city
  • Your dog’s been worrying sheep again.From the entry worry
  • The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.From the entry huddle
  • Hold hard: here come the sheep.From the entry hold hard
  • The sheep is a laniferous animal.From the entry laniferous
  • We ask for side plates, and share a sheep ricotta ravioli, and a casarecce with squid ragu.2026 January 31, Danny Leigh, “Lunch with the FT: Riz Ahmed”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry casarecce
  • While I love my crossbred sheep, I had always favored the longwools.2026, Robin Nistock, quotee, “Makers Space”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 12. From the entry longwool
  • "The Magdalena Trail" was a cowboy's destination driving and herding cattle and sheep to the stockyards.2022, Outdoors Southwest, “Journey through New Mexico”, in Outdoors Southwest, retrieved 13 Sep 2023. From the entry driveway
  • When my clients describe themselves as the black sheep in their families, they often feel very burdened.2022, Destini Ann Davis, Very Intentional Parenting. From the entry burdened
  • He had forgotten that on this side there was a drystone wall sheep pen.2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 597. From the entry drystone
  • She was the first person in her class to properly dissect the sheep heart.2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 130. From the entry dissect
  • The first prionic disease to be described was scrapie (mid-eighteenth century) seen with sheep and goats.2019, Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima, Gabriel Ivbijaro, Primary Care Mental Health in Older People: A Global Perspective, page 283. From the entry prionic
  • But don’t think we’re getting into the fluffy giraffe sheep business anytime soon.2019 October 2, R.L. (@SendSaddlebreds), Twitter. From the entry giraffe sheep
  • The Toast is a cross between a female goat and a male sheep.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 159. From the entry heterotic
  • I went to see the giraffe sheep down the road, and meet their new baby giraffe lambs.2018 September 8, Brad Kul (@Brad_Kul), Twitter. From the entry giraffe sheep
  • Sheep-creeps are low, square openings in drystone walls that let sheep in but keep cattle out.2017, LLOYD, JOHN. HARKIN, JAMES. MILLER, ANNE, 1,423 QI FACTS TO BOWL YOU OVER. From the entry sheep creep

Meaning of sheep

  1. noun A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
  2. noun A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis.
  3. noun A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.

Full definition of sheep

Questions about sheep in a sentence

How do you use sheep in a sentence?
Sheep is used as a noun. For example: “If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.”
What is a short sentence with sheep?
“Hold hard: here come the sheep.”
What does sheep mean?
Sheep means a woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

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