as in sheep
an innocent or gentle person
the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of lamb
The menu includes mussels, escargots, duck confit and roasted rack of lamb and the backdrop heightens the dining experience.
—
Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Gray & Dudley This new American restaurant in The Bankers Alley Hotel will have a special Easter brunch with menu items including fresh pastries, corned beef eggs Benedict, brioche French toast, a roasted lamb carving station, shrimp and grits, a dessert station and more.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Raw chicken kabobs were stored on top of raw lamb in the meat display cooler, violating storage guidelines.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
The menu includes mussels, escargots, duck confit and roasted rack of lamb and the backdrop includes much by which to be entertained.
—Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for lamb
Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Gray & Dudley This new American restaurant in The Bankers Alley Hotel will have a special Easter brunch with menu items including fresh pastries, corned beef eggs Benedict, brioche French toast, a roasted lamb carving station, shrimp and grits, a dessert station and more.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Raw chicken kabobs were stored on top of raw lamb in the meat display cooler, violating storage guidelines.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
The menu includes mussels, escargots, duck confit and roasted rack of lamb and the backdrop includes much by which to be entertained.
—Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for lamb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
-
Gone is the usual array of synthetic materials, replaced with more natural alternatives like a flax-composite shell, corn furniture and sheep's wool upholstery.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
-
Some of the fields clearly show the benefit of the sheep’s rotational grazing and fertilizing.—
Helen Whybrow
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
Noun
-
The shepherds were visited by an angel and guided to the infant king.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
-
Showrunner Tony Tost was truly an angel, and everyone on board were such freak-ass nerds about TV and cinema, and were so excited to share all these reference points with me, like Colombo.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
Noun
-
In Fitzgerald’s novel, the wealthy socialite who runs down Myrtle escapes all responsibility, while two additional innocents end up dead.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
27 June 2025
-
That’s been another disgraceful indignity visited upon the victims of terrorists: the support on American campuses for those behind attacks on innocents in Israel.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
22 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share