| 单词 | sheep |
| 例句 | There are fields upon the hills, on which sheep graze. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They dressed the wound with sheep fat and traditional herbs, which were supposed to kill infection and make the wound heal. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it, the horses whinnied it, the ducks quacked it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Actually, I think the sheep is supposed to represent ‘you.’ Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z A sudden convulsion passed through Enoch’s body and the sheep heart started to beat, spraying out a fine mist of bloody pickling solution. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They ate breakfast with the giant: he pulled whole cows and sheep from his provision bag and crunched them down; the three companions ate more sparingly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She did not even card or spin the wool from their own sheep. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Stabbed it through the eyes with a pair of sheep shears! When’s the last time you heard of a peculiar so young doing anything like that?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was like a dance, a dance in the stink of sheep and the smell of newborn steam coming off the lambs and the sounds of them, mothers and lambs, finding one another and love. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He told them to go to Mount Ida, near Troy, where the young prince Paris, also called Alexander, was keeping his father’s sheep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nomadic bands that stalked wild sheep gradually altered the constitutions of the herds on which they preyed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Liver disease in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk, rabbits, and various other warm-blooded animals may be caused by liver flukes that spend part of their life cycles in fresh-water snails. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Next was the southeast corner, where shabbily built wooden fences held in several cows, goats, sheep, and pigs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He strove to make the ranch, called Ridgewood, a model of rustic self-sufficiency, complete with massive herds of cattle and sheep, several hundred horses, a dairy, a slaughterhouse, and fruit orchards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Five sheep. How much blood do you think is in five sheep?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When the stores ran out, and they’d eaten the last of their sheep and goats, they ate even the laying hens. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He did not care for any of the officers, with their superior sneers and the way they treated their soldiers like sheep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As summarized in Table 9.3, the era of big mammal domestication began with the sheep, goat, and pig and ended with camels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He and Tyson had been searching the Sea of Monsters ever since, trying to find us, until Tyson caught the scent of sheep and found this island. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z One was a four-by-four piece of white cardboard with the black silhouette of a sheep on it. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I shouted to Josefa the cow and the scattered sheep, my voice echoing off the canyon walls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their sheep killed hedges, snipped valleys bare, and their pigs nosed up the very roots of what might have grown. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When there are storms, Papa will stretch a rope from the door to the bam so we will not be lost when we feed the sheep and the cows and Jack and Old Bess. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z We drove over to Fifth Avenue, so warm and soft, almost pastoral, on the summer Sunday afternoon that I wouldn't have been surprised to see a great flock of white sheep turn the corner. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There was no path, so he made a route by the compass, through fields of cows and sheep, turnips and young wheat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Dennis had the craving, so he did, for a nice sheep’s head with a bit of cabbage and a spud so up with me to Barry the butcher with the last few shillings I had. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Once that was done, he told Fabian to poke holes in the sheep’s flesh. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Behind him, the sheep, left to their own devices, decide to wander through the open gate into the field beyond. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Within six months he was the size of a sheep, and at the end of a year he was as big as a colt. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the courtyard from there stood wooden pens holding sheep and pigs and cows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then, of course, the sheep skittered to safety, making huge leaps as they bounded from rock to rock. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Later on that morning, the animals came up from the pasture—the sheep, the lambs, the gander, the goose, and the seven goslings. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Tyson lumbered over, careful not to step on the sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Some of them decided to stay. Later, more came to stay. They farmed and raised cattle and sheep. They forced our people off their own lands.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, don’t worry. I’m more excited about the sheep anyway.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They leave behind the beautiful mountains, the lakes, the clear air and blue skies and the sheep and the goats. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Pinkie leaned against the juniper logs of the sheep pen. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not getting enough rest, and you’re having bad dreams. Do you know you count in your sleep? And I know it isn’t sheep. No one counts four million sheep.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z We clustered near the gate like a small herd of doomed sheep, looking at the galleries above. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “What happens when we go over there? Black is black! White is white! The sheep lie not with the lion! The sheep knows his own! His own kind!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A dirty cloud of sheep On the hill, Their faces Nibbling grass Wet with rain. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z To say, “Is your sheep genuine?” would be a worse breach of manners than to inquire whether a citizen’s teeth, hair, or internal organs would test out authentic. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Including that a group of panicked people ain't that different from a herd of sheep. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The stinky place: Nothing smells like a sheep barn with four or five hundred sheep crammed in. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even without acquiring crops, Khoisan peoples who acquired cows and sheep around 2,000 years ago displaced Khoisan hunter-gatherers over much of southern Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I’ve tried everything, too—counting sheep, counting kittens, drinking hot milk, listening to relaxing music—but nothing helps. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A young man approached him, seemingly a shepherd lad, but fine and well-mannered like the sons of kings when they tend sheep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if Robert would have stood there, that wooden expression on his young sheep’s face, brushing the crumbs from the snowy-white cloth, picking up the table, carrying it from the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At the camp they found the sheep dog dead, killed and torn to pieces by the wild animals that had killed thirty head of sheep. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “First the sheep, and then the lobsters,” Osh said, “and off the water before the wind gets any worse. There’s just time for both.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z One day she kicked at a cracked sheep’s skull with the side of a bare foot and sent it bouncing over the edge of the hill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As a society, we certainly appear to have an inordinate fondness for sheep and other livestock, to judge from the vast numbers of them that we keep. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There were collections of sheep T-shirts; large tubs of lanolin cream; and wooly coats, socks, and hats with ram’s horns. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw the tall poplars and willows behind the house, in the fields where he stalked badgers, the rumpled hills covered in heather and bracken that spread for miles and miles, dotted with grazing sheep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At the big door I could see sheep grazing in the distance and, beyond them, Miss Maggie, coming home. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Bighorn sheep are suitable to us and similar to mouflons in most respects except a crucial one: they lack the mouflon’s stereotypical behavior whereby some individuals behave submissively toward other individuals whose dominance they acknowledge. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Indeed. It was quite a year. They cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The sheep heard the crickets, and they felt so uneasy they broke a hole in the pasture fence and wandered up into the field across the road. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z We were even permitted one day to strap on a bag of sheep's blood, which gave an added luster to our mock death throes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z As the boys behind me call names and the girls to each side sneer, I look straight ahead because those sheep are smiling at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Above her mantelpiece was a meadow full of sheep. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He also tried to remember some good stories to relate as he sheared the sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Every sheep is born with a tongue that lets him go ba ba ba and there’s a great lack of tongue in this head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He tore again and again at the stomach, until the soft innards of the sheep rolled out onto the green earth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And the old sheep was right—the friend was still asleep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t know where I’ll store this meat,” complained someone who was lugging a whole carcass of a sheep over his shoulder. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z All the sheep pushed away from the door at once, herding together like a school of fish and pinning us against the wall so hard the breath was pressed out of us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z All morning, Matilde and I pastured the cows and sheep together, with Cheetah close at my side. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The world was huge and inexhaustible; he had only to allow his sheep to set the route for a while, and he would discover other interesting things. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was always telling us about a lot of creepy guys that go around having affairs with sheep, and guys that go around with girls' pants sewed in the lining of their hats and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Gwenforte walks up to the low stone wall, and one sheep—a ram—doesn't run away. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Down in the locker were a few cattle and sheep and pigs and horses hanging from iron hooks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He had assumed he would soon return to his sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Drogon especially ranged far afield and could easily devour a sheep a day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Watch out for the dog!” cried the sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Those Major Five of mammal domestication are the cow, sheep, goat, pig, and horse. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the meadow at the base of the ravine, several dozen sheep were milling around. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They take care of the Army’s guard dogs, as well as Army horses, Army cows, Army sheep, Army pigs, Army mules, Army rabbits, Army mice, and Army monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover looked across the island, but there was nothing to see except sheep grazing peacefully in the meadows. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He let out an amused rattle of laughter that sounded like a sheep in pain. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “My sheep would do the same for you,” she said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z And a dragon large enough to gorge on sheep could take a child just as easily. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A sheep's fleece curled from the bare nutty back of a pale stump, but the poor thing couldn't baa without nostrils or a mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She can yell at us all she wants but we had a grand time out the country with the cows and the sheep and then the lovely fire above in Italy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There had been a time when he thought that his sheep could teach him everything he needed to know about the world. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gault, whose sheep flock we took over when he disappeared two winters ago, only tried to disappear. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z For several hundred years, and until quite recently, Milagro had been a sheep town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A terrible winter for the sheep and for all other animals. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, he informed me, he was a lost sheep and the Lord had saved him, gracias a Dios, and who knew, I was probably a lost sheep too. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The geese gathered around to see the fun, and so did the sheep and lambs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Khoisan peoples of southern Africa had already acquired sheep and cattle a few centuries ahead of the Bantu advance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Two of the sheep were found dead in the stream passing through the pasture, and the remaining sheep were repeatedly driven out of the stream, several having to be dragged forcibly from the water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But people got to realize: The black sheep sees everything. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached Jerusalem, after passing the usual daily things—vegetable carts, sheep, stores, family vineyards propped on poles—the taxi turned sharply onto a gray industrial-looking street. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “May as well be hanged for a sheep as hanged for a handkerchief.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Then one of the cows told one of the sheep, and soon all the sheep knew. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The Chicago Tribune’s editorial page criticized the group of senators who hadn’t managed to vote that day, calling them “a bunch of gutless sheep.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Untouched by their magic, the sheep were baa-ing and bleating their fear. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was Salahuddin the butcher, who showed up with a calf and two sheep in tow, refusing payment for any of the three. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Lyddie that there were as many buildings crowded before her as sheep in a shearing shed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Most of the other tributes sit alone, like lost sheep. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Guess it’s better than being a sheep and just going wherever people tell you. Lord knows we don’t need no more of them.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They had great flocks of sheep and goats as well, and they lived at their ease. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days, the ironbam did not work mines; that was labor for the captives brought back from the hostings, and so too the sorry business of farming and tending goats and sheep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They have gotten used to my being away, and so have I. The sheep will get used to my not being there, too, the boy thought. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Every sheep and goat had its wobbly twins, the forest was teeming, and the first crops of the hillsides were coming into fruit. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the size of a fully grown sheep. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” Josiah said, “last time there was a drought, we had to sell everything, even the sheep and goats.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I look at his golden-blond hair, short in the back but longer in front— nothing like the small-town boys I’m used to, with their hair shorn like sheep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And then, it opened its jaws and unleashed a mass of chewed sheep flesh onto the forest floor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Set back on the land were pens for cattle, sheep and hogs; and around and about were sheds and houses belonging to the men who worked the docks and shipped the livestock. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He says the word gentleman as if it is a pile of sheep dung in the kitchen, and this makes me smile. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z After a moment he seemed to latch onto something, and with his other hand he raised the sheep heart above his head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t have time for yer games. Go do the sheep.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A canal to bring a branch of the creek closer to the Smoke; new patterns for the sheep wool their sweaters were made from; a new latrine. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Milked mammals include the cow, sheep, goat, horse, reindeer, water buffalo, yak, and Arabian and Bactrian camels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The only way across was the rope bridge, and the planks were much too far apart for sheep hooves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When the sheep tired of standing in the rain, they walked slowly up the lane and into the fold. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but I need to find out stuff, like, I don’t know...stuff like if there are actually black sheep in real life.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My job was soon relegated to working in the pens, moving the sheep from one to the next to let them learn to recognize their lambs before it got more crowded. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We have sheep’s head, cabbage, floury white potatoes, and a bottle of cider because it’s Christmas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She had trouble sleeping, so she walked Cuttyhunk at all hours, visiting her sheep and cattle, which roamed the island freely everywhere except the gated places where most of the people lived. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The size did not disturb him so much as the face . . . the mouth especially, no simple carved slash, but a Jagged hollow large enough to swallpw a sheep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A very traditional barn with no room for black sheep. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Simon often told us that he was the black sheep in his family not because he was gay, or a musician, but because he was such a “shitey footballer.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On an outermost island, panicked sheep run zigzagging between rocks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His friends the sheep and the geese were glad to see him back. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I found a children’s show with two fluffy sheep puppets singing in Urdu. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The only other possibility was through the sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z You’re already familiar with nouns from the animal kingdom that can stand for one critter or many: fish, deer, moose, vermin, elk, sheep, swine. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And also, as he said she must, Mig tended Uncles sheep and cooked Uncle’s food and scrubbed Uncle’s kettle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pail over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z My hands are small, which is good, if you have to reach inside a sheep. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The goat gives milk, the sheep gives wool, the cow gives everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The sheep—there were four hundred and fifty or so—were kept outside in a small forest-sheltered pasture to the rear of a large metal barn. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “There are rewards in caring for sheep, and there are rewards for tilling the soil, but the greatest calling is to be a priest,” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie guessed whatever they talked about last night when he was upstairs praying for his own deafness and the end of Grandpop’s sobbing—the sound of black sheep—went well. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Following Homo sapiens, domesticated cattle, pigs and sheep are the second, third and fourth most widespread large mammals in the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Six seconds later Lavadie called, wanting to know could he shoot her or not, because she went through a fence on his property and zigzagged around a field, killed a couple of sheep, then left.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “My friend bought all the other sheep immediately. He said that he had always dreamed of being a shepherd, and that it was a good omen.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, they descended along a rocky trail into the gorge, the sheep moving single file, and, once in the gorge, they came across a rattlesnake, which his father killed so Joe could skin it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The little kids didn’t pay me much mind but to laugh at me for being dumber than a sheep. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The omen he had sought to find with his sheep and in his books, in the crystals and in the silence of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you come help us bring in the sheep, too, then?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They took soda pop and comic books to Pinkie at sheep camp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Utgardaloki clapped his hands, and a long wooden trough was brought in, with all manner of roasted animals in it: geese and oxen and sheep, goats and rabbits and deer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Lying in bed at night, I didn’t count sheep. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A sheep had been slaughtered and there was a feast in our honor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “How could I not have noticed? Do I look like a sheep?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You might try singing. No one knows why, but sheep fancy music. They do.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “No. I don’t care about sheep at all.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The voice of Goldstein had become an actual sheep’s bleat, and for an instant the face changed into that of a sheep. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They had brought cattle and sheep, dairy butter and cheese, whatever had been their portion after giving what was due to the lord of the manor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “He whistles for his sheep, or rings a bell, or shouts ‘hey.’ Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The house is located in a tiny hamlet, a Hooterville of eight stone houses huddled in a knot and surrounded by rolling hills decorated with cows and sheep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I was about five years old, and, against my mother’s wishes, I went to school instead of pasturing the sheep. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a cloud of dust on the road moving toward the town kept him excited for an hour, but it proved to be only a flock of sheep being driven to market. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Early in the morning, the men slaughtered a sheep, skinned it, and shared the meat among the finest women cooks, so that each would cook her best dish for the ceremony. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Moss was eight, and his father took him to watch the judging of the animals, and Moss remembered crying because they were all too rough with the pigs and the sheep. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There had been two thieves farther ahead who were planning to steal the boy’s sheep and murder him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The hataalii hummed an old nineties pop song that his mom liked to listen to while they fed the sheep. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Looking around, he sought his sheep, and then realized that he was in a new world. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We are newly arrived back at the sloop, having brung off a quantity of sheep and three cows. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Nobody said anything because Pinkie had already stayed at sheep camp a week longer than he ever had before. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Georges and Robert laid the sheep carcass at the base of the tree. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I wanted to hug the big oaf except he was standing in the middle of killer sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Cows and sheep graze in the fields and 1 wonder if these are the beasts the priest was talking about. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter,” he said to his sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A human enticing a sheep from its flock with a soothing voice and then butchering it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The next morning, when the parents of Dimo’s wife went out to look at their animals, they found that the sheep had all been killed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But the sheep runs around to the other side of the tree, and Jeanne is just sitting there. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Just as well for sheep they can't work out why the farmer's being so nice to them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Only certain animals, including cows, sheep, goats, and bison, can make a meal out of grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Everybody could remember those days when, even though they had lost much communal land, they had still been allowed permits to run cattle and sheep and goats galore in the National Forest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They get hungry, like that one there, and they go after calves or sheep. Not sweet young Iowa schoolgirls.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He dialed—by memory—the number of the false-animal shop at which he had gotten his ersatz sheep. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And it seemed that it would go on or had gone on forever and that there had always been sheep and lambs and birth. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Falconer growled, "Must I watch you every moment, like an errant sheep?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Hyena thought that this was most generous of Jackal, as, had he been in Jackal’s position, he would undoubtedly have chosen to eat the fat sheep. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “It was too bad about the dog and those sheep,” Tayo said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But someone had to stay and help out with the garden and sheep camp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I am the black sheep in the family. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon there were only shadows and the noises of the sheep chewing their cuds, and occasionally the rattle of a cow-chain up overhead. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Just watching the sheep cropping on the hillsides. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z All that summer, while Josiah and Tayo watched the cattle and the sheep camp, and Robert worked in the fields each day, Rocky read magazines and ran laps at the baseball diamond twice a day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Aru wondered whether mirrors just conveniently flocked to pretty people like sheep. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Told him in words about lost sheep and duty. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The quartered carcass of an ox filled the wagon bed, along with two dead sheep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I have to go and gather my sheep and get going.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If he were to tire of the Andalusian fields, he could sell his sheep and go to sea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The old sheep spoke to him about his size one day. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Why do you tend a flock of sheep?” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had been making risky bets ever since the day he had sold his sheep to pursue his Personal Legend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z North of the village was the commons, where we peasants grazed our own oxen and sheep. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I sang it over and over and the stars came out — “Do not forsake me, my sister, my sheep, Slumber ye gently and heal in thy sleep.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The sheep moved off down the lane, the gander waddled along behind them, pulling grass. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Little sheep, left in the wild, are carcasses. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She ushers them through intersections and herds them onto streetcars until Bailey begins to feel like one of his sheep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sheep are sheep, cows are cows, and that over there is a goat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, as my mother would say. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If it didn’t start raining soon, all the livestock would have to be sold, like in the thirties, when buyers came from Albuquerque and Gallup and bought the cattle and sheep for almost nothing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Are you serious? Because I don’t think I can actually guarantee sheep, and I don’t want to let you down again.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He scrambled to his feet, and unhooking the sheep hide from the table, emptied its contents into an earthen bowl. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Most students obeyed the principal’s rules and flocked like sheep when wolves are on the prowl. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Nick's point had been stopped by the protective plate, and the only blood that had been spilled was that of an unfortunate sheep. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Squeezing into the far corner, we knelt down to wait and listen, hidden behind a wall of nervous sheep. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Gwenforte scares off the sheep as we approach, which leaves the structure vacant—but cold. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Here in the Archives, he looked as out of place as a sheep in the king’s court. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dad pointed to the closed half-high door on the other side of the garage which years ago led to an outside pen for goats and sheep. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “What would the sheep think if I went out to the moor in diamonds?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Did you have a bad time? I mean, aside from the rain, no Stonehenge, no country house, no sheep? Aside from the fact that it was a day of disaster upon disaster?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I could see the last of the sheep coming inside. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z So all that day and all that night, I stayed by Jill and sang: “God restore thee, thou heavenly sheep, Hark to my music and heal in thy sleep.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “I tried to go down there and help out, you know, when they first decided to move all the cattle and sheep down there. That was when you were still sick.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When I dashed into the barn, the sheep scattered in all directions like corn popping. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Once again he saw that, in that strange land, he was applying the same lessons he had learned with his sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A mob of laborers then chased the black worker through some sheep pens, beating him with shovels and brooms until he keeled over dead. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When Joe had failed at every job, his father in despair put him to herding sixty sheep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At this the ghost jumped, so that it nearly fell off its horse, and gave out a muffled baaa through its visor, like a sheep. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They hired him anyway and six sheep disappeared right after that, during a dust storm, Pinkie said, but he had a new harmonica and a blue pearl-button cowboy shirt they’d never seen before. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Soon I passed the shack, dim outlines of sheep huddled inside against the chill, and then the mist-shrouded bog, silent and ghostly. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But the sheep were long gone and the tractors had plowed great expanses for wheat and barley. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A hawk that could carry off a sheep. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The Hungarian Horntail feeds on goats, sheep and, whenever possible, humans. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Flour, corn, beef, sheep, all day were passing through the town gates upon the Neck, in carts and wagons. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he let her help when he gathered the sheep in for the evening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The river was noisy with the barking of dogs, the bleating of sheep, the calling and cursing of men, and the furious bawling of those lambs separated from their mothers. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “They must be used to their new shepherd, and have probably already forgotten me. That’s good. Creatures like the sheep, that are used to traveling, know about moving on.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, when we hear the word clone, we imagine scientists creating entire living animals —like Dolly the famous cloned sheep—using DNA from one parent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “A reporter came here from England talking about they cloned a sheep. Now they got stuff about cloning my mother all over.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The brothers would often see me playing or minding sheep and come over to talk to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They flock together like sheep instead of scattering, and even the wounded are shot down like hares by the airmen. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But Achilles answered, “Madman. There are no covenants between sheep and wolves, nor between you and me.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In case you’re wondering, the Underside of a sheep doesn’t smell that great. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z That is, my father ate the heart, liver, and lungs of a sheep mixed with oatmeal and boiled in a sheep stomach. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z My mother would say you might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was only a short way to the ford of the river, near the priory, and from there across fields covered with grazing sheep to the forest. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The same danger exists for wild animals belonging to the group of ruminants, such as deer, antelope, sheep, and goats. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There facing us he crouched and shot his bolts of groaning at us, brought us down like sheep. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “It must be real nice and quiet down there. Homer has some sheep, hasn’t he?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The trees were broad and widely spaced; sheep and pigs grazed on the swards among them, and on my rare free afternoon, I had walked there without fear. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z We couldn’t go on with the electric sheep any longer; it sapped my morale. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z That night, we burned and pulverized sheep’s bones, doused the powder in a rendering of vinegar, and heaped the blot with the concoction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The washing was done and the sheep driven to the barn to dry off for tomorrow’s shearing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She leads us up ancient goat trails and sheep paths, through scrubby grass and meadows of mountain flowers, toward the cluster of small ruins Alan spotted earlier. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I still have my electric sheep and I still have my job. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A few hours after receiving her birthday clout to the ear, Mig was out in the field with Uncles sheep when she saw something glittering and glowing on the horizon. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Finny sat down on a bench, struggled out of his sheep- lined winter coat, and took a deep breath of gymnasium air. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somebody let some of his sheep into one of his green alfalfa fields and a bunch of them got bloated. So he asked me to come and punch holes in them with my trocar.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pens means stomach, but is used to refer to the stomach of animals like sheep or cattle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So child slips on a hat, And this is sheep. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are his shepherds and are expected to go after even the wildest sheep.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A cow groaned, something coughed, a sheep bell clinked once as the animal changed position. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone might one day plant trees in the desert, and even raise sheep there, but never would they harness the wind. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep spent the whole day there browsing at the leaves under Squealer’s supervision. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The sheep were at the gates of the city, in a stable that belonged to a friend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed through the crowd of sheep and goats toward die bade of the cave. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She drew a sheep whose ears were too big. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z And he actually smiles like, get this, a sheep. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Certainly. When a pig is to be butchered, everybody helps. I’m an old sheep and I see the same thing, same old business, year after year. Arable arrives with his .22, shoots the...” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Three dogs circled around the sheep, barking, keeping the animals in order. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some slaves saw the light and come in and I say I’m Richard Richards and this here was my sheep and did they wish a leg? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Beside them they felt the hole that Izzy, the freshman, the black sheep, the wild card, had left behind—though they were still certain, all of them, that this hole would be temporary. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “One day, I’m tending sheep. The next, I’m mixed up with a madman.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Louise tried to intervene, but the coyote shouldered her aside, tore at her neck, and went back to the sheep. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’d spent the last five years building up the flock of tangly-haired sheep again, and he and Piper had goats, a small herd of cows, pigs, two riding horses, a pony, and chickens. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran down corridors littered with bones, past rooms foil of sheepskin rugs and life-size cement sheep that I recognized as the work of Medusa. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “The child went on playing with my sheep for quite a while,” continued the boy, a bit upset. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed down the beach, to just below the sheep meadow, where a small boat had been run aground ... the other lifeboat from the CSS Birmingham. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Ten thousand years ago, not more than a few million sheep, cattle, goats, boars and chickens lived in restricted Afro-Asian niches. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We let Alphie crawl around in fields to look at cows and sheep and we laugh when the cows nuzzle him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z From a narrow evolutionary perspective, which measures success by the number of DNA copies, the Agricultural Revolution was a wonderful boon for chickens, cattle, pigs and sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The horn and hoof showdown was less a showdown than a show: steers and heifers, sheep and goats, even dogs and cats displayed and judged in tents around the fairgrounds. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Barred from returning to Oklahoma, he had initially gone to work on a sheep farm in New Mexico, earning $75 a month. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There were many sheep and goats standing about, peering at the two unwelcome visitors, waiting to be eaten. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Nor is that a sheep's skull in the ashes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The Arab returned to his tent to sleep, proud to have helped the counselor of the oasis, and happy at having enough money to buy himself some sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The animals from miles around came to drink from the little pools, and the wild sheep and the deer, the pumas and raccoons, and the mice— all came to drink. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as usual, the sheep broke into “Four legs good, two legs bad!” and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z All he cared about were his goats and sheep with painted red or blue bottoms so he could find them if they got mixed up with other animals. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z With each passing generation, the sheep became fatter, more submissive and less curious. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared out the window at a flock of sheep and wished for a diversion that would take my mind away from lamb and lentil salad. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Beneath us, the old sheep, her wool in dirty clumps, cropped wild herbs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “No one who craves justice or silver for a sheep?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tree was found, and Jacob returned; Baldwin and Haye came back with an old, lame sheep—half dead already, it seemed to me. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “You would live longer,” said the old sheep, “if you ate less.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Hasenpfeffer!” the Cyclops said, patting one of the sheep in front of me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The sheep drink And eat, their buds Of tongues Gathering up the wet world. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The black sheep in the manager’s family was named Oscar, and he had been in and out of reform school as a teenager and in and out of jail as a grown-up. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He had always believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Tam comes in as we eat, having I guess been out feeding the sheep. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z "Men who prefer boys. Or men who prefer sheep, for that matter." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Outside in the entry way he made his bed—raw oxhide spread on level ground, and heaped up fleeces, left from sheep the Akhaians killed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I could smell the thing—a sickening combination of wet sheep wool and rotten meat and that weird sour body odor only monsters have, like a skunk that’s been living off Mexican food. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Once you were inside the curtain wall, you found yourself in a kind of wide alleyway, probably full of frightened sheep, with another complete castle in front of you. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Couldn’t raise a decent herd of sheep or cattle, couldn’t even till crops except maybe to feed your family. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Animals were also important—sheep, and especially cattle. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z This was true of cockroaches, sheep, bees, and beetles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that still slept. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded him of the wool from his sheep ... his sheep who were now seeking food and water in the fields of Andalusia, as they always had. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A sheep was slaughtered and there was dancing and singing — it was the first celebration that I had ever had in my own honor, and I greatly enjoyed it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then when we get to the house, we can hike around and look at sheep in meadows. Or take pictures of sheep. Maybe pat them. Whatever people do in the countryside.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She found him rubbing salve into the leg of a sheep that had caught itself in a thorny bush. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I am a traitor, a wolf among sheep; there is something different about me and that difference is not good. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Meanwhile guests were arriving at the great lord’s house, bringing their sheep, and wine, the ease of men, with loaves their comely kerchiefed women sent, to make a feast in hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see tiny sheep and horses but couldn’t hear their bleating and whinnying. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Bailey looks around at the sheep, at the house and the barn up on the hill lined with apple trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Because the cover looked extremely familiar: two googly-eyed sheep made out of chocolate-frosted cakes with gobs of mini marshmallows for fleece. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball’s back, and a sheep dropped dead. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Out in the fields, a sheep bleats in the pattering rain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He had to relax and get hold of these thoughts before they scattered in all directions like a herd of sheep. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The rules of mathematics were built around counting sheep and surveying property, yet these very rules govern the way the universe works. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z His only chance was to reach the border, and he bounded with an agility that would have impressed a bighorn sheep. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And that night, Papa went with a shovel to bury the sheep and a lantern to bring Sarah back. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z The sheep, the merchant’s daughter, and the fields of Andalusia were only steps along the way to his Personal Legend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew without looking that a sheep had just been torn apart. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And Joe lost them—lost sixty sheep and couldn’t find them where they were huddled in the shade in a dry gulch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheep nosed open their stall door and milled around the barn, bleating. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z “I bet I can get him to help,” said the old sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z That night, in the small, dark hut that she shared with Uncle and the sheep, Mig tried to speak of what she had seen. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Just as I hadn’t realized that for so many years I had been speaking a language without words to my sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As an agent for the Union Pacific, he single-handedly saved Colorado’s wool trade during a blizzard by ramming locomotive plows through snowdrifts to open the tracks for trains bearing sheep feed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the ogres would be beyond the sheep in a minute and we’d be at their mercy again. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of slaves still toiled on vast estates in the hills, growing wheat and olives, herding sheep and goats, and mining salt and copper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Which meant: “There are wolves who parade about in sheep’s clothing.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Next it crunched up branches thick as my wrist as easily as a sheep would tear up a mouthful of grass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We also have horses, cows, goats, sheep, more hogs, more chickens, and more dogs and cats. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Kings and sheep and whinnying horses and serving maids and beggar boys gathered together in the frosty imagined night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I know a stuffed sheep is just a toy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "I was going to breed them rabbits. There's no sheep left." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The kings and priests of ancient Sumer wanted writing to be used by professional scribes to record numbers of sheep owed in taxes, not by the masses to write poetry and hatch plots. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mauve favors outdoor scenes: peasants in fields, men on horseback on a beach, flocks of sheep. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Give me one-tenth of your sheep,” said the old man, “and I’ll tell you how to find the hidden treasure.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In particular, Bantu farmers who acquired cows and sheep spread out of their homeland in West Africa and within a short time overran the former hunter-gatherers in most of the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Then we will be the first, and set the pattern for all herders of sheep in these hills.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Tyson said, looking around at the hundreds of sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Good,” said Charlotte, winking at the old sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I heard the frogs today,” said the old sheep one evening. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z It trapped cows and pigs and sheep and drowned them in its muddy brown water and carried them to the sea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure it’s anything that’s really noticeable from the outside. It’s...If one of your sheep was sick, would I notice?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z By the time they got down to the Montano, the sheep were scattered all over the hills. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The fields were rolling and grassy and the grass was short from the sheep grazing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The young Arab did as he was asked, and was given enough gold to buy yet another sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "She is nothing, Khaleesi. The riders do her honor. The Lamb Men lay with sheep, it is known." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The problem with the sheep was that in the shock and pain of birthing, if she was left in the herd, she would often lose track of her lamb and the lamb would die. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A girl tipping up a plane in a sheep field. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The sheep ran in the field, and far off the cows moved slowly to the pond, like turtles. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Above the looming cliff, the pale wadded clouds reminded her of Einar's sheep when, after the snowmelt, they still huddled for warmth but with heads down moved across the meadow nibbling at new shoots. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Instead, they pushed me down into that hard wooden chair and held me firmly—as if I were a sheep about to be sheared. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried my stuffed sheep, Mr. Sheep Sheep, in one hand and a stick in the other. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Polyphemus bleated just like his sheep, and swung at me with his tree. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Many a night his sister’s pack gorged on the flesh of sheep and cows and horses, the prey of men, and sometimes even on the flesh of man himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She tried to keep a straight face as she continued, “Black sheep are the ones black people count when they tryna get to sleep.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He talked to farmers about breeding cattle and sheep. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had reached his sheep now; it lay ruminating, its alert eyes fixed on him in case he had brought any rolled oats with him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Plants died and the grasses rotted, cattle and sheep crept to the river that was no more and perished there for lack of water, lizards and squirrels lay prone and gasping in the blistering sunlight. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Wherritt staggered in panic from one end of the car to the other, driving passengers before him “like scared sheep,” according to one account. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And I’m scared to the bone, because right now I can’t tell if I’m looking into the eyes of sheep, or wolves. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Before I could say anything in reply, she was across the yard, she and the cow squelching their way through the gumbo toward the sheep camp. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Reader who is kind to sheep and wears tasteful hats. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I’ve already told you. I need to buy my sheep back, so I have to earn the money to do so.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never even wept in front of his own sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In that period, Saharans began to tend cattle and make pottery, then to keep sheep and goats, and they may also have been starting to domesticate sorghum and millet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Or were you kidnapped alone, brought here by sea huddled with sheep in some foul pirate squadron, to this landowner’s hall? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As for livestock, Eurasian sheep made it possible to extend food production to arid areas of Australia unsuitable for agriculture, and Eurasian cattle joined crops in moister areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I leaned against a gate, and looked into an empty field where no sheep were feeding, where the short grass was nipped and blanched. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He would watch and know precisely when a ewe was starting labor—had a wonderful knowledge of sheep—but could barely move. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s made me — my father says — more sheep than human, which is true. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z That night, Dimo went outside and killed some sheep which were in a stockade. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I could help you hear the bells on the neck of a sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They named the property Marianna Farm, combining Marian’s name and her mother’s, and stocked the place with a collection of farm animals that included horses and cows, chickens, pigs, and sheep. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z A real sheep this time, he said to himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It is a brown pasture with white sheep. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When we wanted a dog to help us care for sheep, we selected breeds that were intelligent, obedient and had some preexisting talent to herd, which is useful for animals who hunt in packs. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jorge emigrated to Australia where he tended sheep, same as at home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was given two heifers and four sheep, and felt far richer than I ever had before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re all going home today. The Fair is almost over. Won’t it be wonderful to be back home in the barn cellar again with the sheep and the geese? Aren’t you anxious to get home?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Arch wrestled one of the sheep off the wagon by two legs, then spun and flung it into the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And when he loved the goats too much, he gave them up for sheep. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I saw a few sheep on one farm, but they weren’t doing anything interesting, just chewing grass. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “Kill you. Turn you into smoked bacon and ham,” continued the old sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “He’s gonna drive us down to the Bronx Zoo. They have over six hundred species. Tigers and gorillas and giraffes, not goats and sheep. They’ve even got panda bears! You’re free on Sunday, right?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Iran said, “It certainly does cure my depression. Now we can admit to everybody that the sheep’s false.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He saw to it that all the sheep entered through the ruined gate, and then laid some planks across it to prevent the flock from wandering away during the night. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had finished with the cattle, there was always the sheep camp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z For example, they might have distinguished a count of sheep from one of wheat by drawing a sheep on one and a wheat stalk on the other. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We left the farmer to ponder his slain sheep and went back to town, plodding across wet hills in the slate-gray dusk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “The guardian of lost sheep and light. Or something. She belongs to my mother.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Here is an example featuring children simultaneously singing three different children's songs29 that are set to the same tune: "Baa, Baa black sheep," "Twinkle, twinkle, little star," and "The Alphabet Song." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Have to graze sheep now. Wedding postponed until tonight. Then we’ll eat satyr for the main course!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z After they had dumped water for the sheep, they went to burn the spines from the cholla and prickly pear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast, I’m in the valley pasturing sheep under a sky the dull gray of cow intestines, when Hermelinda appears on the hill. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A more unnerving theory about Anna’s death was that her killer was living among them in sheep’s clothing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then he could see the sheep and the lambs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He came every day now, if Claire didn't run to the sheep meadow and meet him there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z From each hook hung a carcass: skinned deer and elk, sides of beef, huge sows swinging from the ceiling, headless sheep and goats, even horse and bear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Actually, he was thinking about shearing his sheep in front of the merchant’s daughter, so that she could see that he was someone who was capable of doing difficult things. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had gone hunting there in company with his uncles and Autolykos, his mother’s father—a great thief and swindler by Hermes’ favor, for Autolykos pleased him with burnt offerings of sheep and kids. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That problem also derailed domestication of North American bighorn sheep, which belong to the same genus as Asiatic mouflon sheep, ancestor of our domestic sheep. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “But the packs of wolves from the Forest Sauvage attack our flocks of sheep every winter.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So man tugs on a sock, And this is sheep. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But after a week down there, Harley left the sheep grazing, with only the sheep dog to watch them, and he rode the horse over to the highway. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I crated up Ma’s tinker tools, trying to keep my mind afloat, never giving a settling chance to things like lynchings, drownings, and sheep killings. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “The Danvers found over a dozen sheep dead and bound up in fence wire.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Over there, to the right, I see Signora Mondopoco in her sheep boots. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Do you think she’ll ever start thinking about something besides pigs and sheep and geese and spiders?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z All that sheep aroma must’ve masked our scent, because after a minute the creature seemed to give up and reeled out the window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But as he lay there he remembered what the old sheep had told him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z "I've never been frightened of shepherds. It's the sheep who trouble me. Still, I suppose an escort might be in order." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was also a sheep corral with reflective aluminum panels as fencing, unlike the barbed wire of Nali’s. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In some outlying areas, elements of the package arrived at different times: for instance, sheep preceded cereals in southwestern Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t hanging upside down from the belly of a sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Men and women stood talking in the light of the meadhall door and on the narrow streets below; on the lower hillside boys and girls played near the sheep pens, shyly holding hands. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Let’s say you want to remember ten animals: elephant, giraffe, cow, duck, bison, echidna,* sheep, praying mantis, ladybug, and tabby cat. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I gripped the sheep’s wool more tightly, and the animal made a grumbling sound. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The moon is so bright I can look down the field and see the things called cows and sheep and I wonder why they don’t go home. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the evening he returned to the farmhouse himself, but, as it was warm weather, told the sheep to stay where they were. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z When the animals had assembled in the big barn, Snowball stood up and, though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep, set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t have been my first choice, given the man-eating sheep on the other side, but at the moment that looked better than this side of the chasm, and it gave me an idea. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The trick was telling one from the other, parting the sheep from the goats. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He owned a jacket, a book that he could trade for another, and a flock of sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When the chores were done we sat in the meadow with the sheep, Sarah beside us, watching Papa finish. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z At twilight the earth was darker than the sky, and it was difficult to see if any of Romero’s sheep or goats were grazing along the edge of the pavement. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Hence, soon after the 1848 war, most local ranchers found themselves up to their elbows in sheep with no place to graze them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He jogged off into the meadow, the sheep in pursuit. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be killed. I don’t want to die. Is it true what the old sheep says, Charlotte? Is it true they are going to kill me when the cold weather comes?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Just do zakat, give the money to someone in need, okay? No sheep killing.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When they found neither, when their goats and sheep and cows died off, they came to Kabul. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Baba has handpicked the sheep again this year, a powder white one with crooked black ears. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z No house, no chickens or sheep, no family! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I loaf this, that she does not treat them like a herd of sheep. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “What are you standing there for, gaping like a lot of sheep?” cried Capricorn. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “That’s a shame. Sheep would run into a river and drown to outrun a wolf, but I can’t see that many sheep twisting themselves up in wire no matter what’s chasing them.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The teenagers were like sheep blindly following a leader. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Still only eighteen, still silent, he tended sheep now, and nursed a deep despair. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We gripped each other but didn’t dare make a sound, and for an unbearably tense moment we heard only the bleating of sheep and the clop of staggering hooves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I gaze into the distance at Imbabura, the mountain that towers over the potato fields and sheep pastures of my home. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s like a sheep, you know. She gets anxious and bleats.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z With my golden goat, Cheetah, at my side, I climb toward home, urging the straggling sheep along with my stick. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Tyson was starting to have trouble with the sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He could see the green dragon ripping at the smoking carcass of the sheep, his long tail lashing from side to side as he ate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And across the vast, blue sky, white clouds hurried before the wind like sheep before invisible wolves. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a tree in the second-grade play because I made a bad sheep. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z If he sold just one of his sheep, he’d have enough to get to the other shore of the strait. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps, in the places beyond the pastures where his sheep lived, men thought that the wind came from Andalusia. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s far too young for you, and she wears that vacant smile all the time. She reminds me of a sheep.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Navy captured a rebel ship off the coast of New Haven, filled with sheep and beeves.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The sheep bleated anxiously, and then a long black tongue drifted through the glassless enclosure. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Then you’ll help me round up the sheep, Crow, will you?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I could see a few houses and barns scattered about, surrounded by golden fields, or pale green pieces of pasture with dots of white sheep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The two friends then chased some sheep into a corner. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Of late the sheep had taken to bleating “Four legs good, two legs bad” both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z When I was first hired out as shepherd t’other side the world, it’s my belief I should ha’ turned into a molloncolly-mad sheep myself, if I hadn’t a had my smoke.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He had brought wounded sheep in from the field this way many times, holding them against his chest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The windmill near the sheep camp had gone dry, so the gray mules pulled the wagon from the springs, moving slowly so that the water would not splash over the rims. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The peasants went over it to and from the villages to gather wood or to pasture the sheep. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He tells her again he’s not hungry but if no one else wants them he’ll eat the sheep’s eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was the city of kings, and the voice of Scheherazade, the whirling dervishes that leap, the fire worshippers, the nomad Kurds, and the eighteen sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Poodles do not shed any more than sheep do. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Speaking of sheep, how we doing for meat?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well—hell! I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the old man began to inspect the sheep, and he saw that one was lame. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meadow, the huddled sheep were silent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There are clouds that look like big fields of sheep, Rachel says. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Only twenty-five years ago, Joe’s father, Esequiel, had had a permit to graze one hundred sheep and sixty cows in the National Forest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The wagon passed the fenced field, and the cows and sheep looked up, too. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z The cows and the horses and the sheep watched her as she ran herself out, as she fell in a heap at the top of a hill. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When the apples will fall and when the sheep will need shearing and when the frost will come. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ruth and me were housed below the packet-boat’s deck with six sheep, a pen of hogs, three families from Scotland, and fifty casks of dried cod. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The alleged sheep contained an oat-tropic circuit; at the sight of such cereals it would scramble up convincingly and amble over. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The field is filled with cows and sheep and bursting with yellow and purple flowers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Today, for instance, Americans tend to get most of their animal protein from cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens, with game such as venison just a rare delicacy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The colonists had intended to produce their own food, but inexplicably neglected to bring any cows, sheep, mules, or horses. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Cows mooed, sheep bleated, pigs squealed all around him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z That morning he had done some calculating: if he continued to work every day as he had been, he would need a whole year to be able to buy some sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearby, through the fog, she could hear the sheep move in the grass, and an occasional bleat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie said, not really asking, sure that I would go with her to bring the sheep into the barn. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Every day they bestowed upon the statue of Bel twelve bushels of flour, forty sheep, and fifty gallons of wine.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better the fox to guard the hens and the wolves to guard the sheep,” the badchan said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the sheep didn’t teach me to speak Arabic. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z From sunrise to sunset humans sowed seeds, watered plants, plucked weeds from the ground and led sheep to prime pastures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the trackers, they could follow the trail of a bighorn sheep in the stone mountains. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Encircling the property, contentedly grazing on the rich land, was a herd of at least fifty cattle and perhaps five hundred sheep. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, when Fern was sitting on her stool, the oldest sheep walked into the barn, and stopped to pay a call on Wilbur. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z This was not sheep's blood spurting from a bag, but his own life's blood draining away, and no amount of bandaging would staunch it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z His mother came down in a hired auto, in a fur suit like an arctic explorer’s, and saw him off in a twenty-five mile wind and a steady drove of ice floes like dirty sheep. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet in the case of animals such as cattle, sheep and Sapiens, each with a complex world of sensations and emotions, we have to consider how evolutionary success translates into individual experience. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We pulled apart as the awful noise set the sheep around us into frantic motion, bounding off one another and pushing us into the wall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We all stared at one another, then filed back outside like obedient sheep. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There’s the odd black sheep here and there, but never anything like the four of us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Go on, laugh!” he ordered, and the rats let out a sound like sheep bleating. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z An old man, with a breastplate of gold, wouldn’t have lied just to acquire six sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was only one way to induce his ghost to come to him, by killing sheep and filling a pit with their blood. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Maybe. To sheep other sheep no doubt appear different,’ laughed Lindir. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At moments like that, she seems like a wolf learning the patterns of sheep. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then he took the blood of the sheep and put it in a calabash. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z What you can have now, missus, is black pudding and tripe or a sheep’s head or a nice pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon flew above Lyra’s head for a while until he tired of that, and then he became a little sure-footed mountain sheep, vain of his horns, leaping among rocks while Lyra scrambled laboriously alongside. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sheep, sheep, Todd! Sheep, sheep, quiet, Todd! Quiet, quiet in swamp, Todd!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She told me that she was going to do nazr for me, a vow to have a sheep slaughtered and the meat given to the poor if my book was accepted. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They clambered up the paths that the mountain sheep and goats made, and then they scrambled up rocks until they were high in the mountain. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I have the money I need to buy my sheep. And you have the money you need to go to Mecca.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The phenomenon has been observed with big cats, bison, deer, wild sheep, monkeys and many other animals. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And there was always hay being pitched down to the cows and the horses and the sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The sheep are in a terrible mood today as Bailey attempts to usher them from one field to another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They kept to themselves as much as possible, gardening, raising chickens and pigs and goats and even some sheep, only going down the slope to the village out of necessity. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He threw his sheep bone, which bounced harmlessly off the monster’s forehead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "I am what you call the black sheep in the family." Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Wolves walking down the mountains, into the dry thinning scalp of the middle of Iran, would be looking for juicy sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He patted his stomach, grinned at the sheep, and crept upstairs to he down. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z All he had to do was to stay with the sheep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just how many sheep are we talking about?” he asked. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But I wondered whether I could end up the black sheep of my family. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Most were sheep bones, but there were horses too, and cattle, and now and again a human skull, or a headless skeleton with weeds poking up through its rib cage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Another deal was struck concerning the fate of animals such as sheep, goats, pigs and chickens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if some mysterious energy bound his life to that of the sheep, with whom he had spent the past two years, leading them through the countryside in search of food and water. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve already had that experience with my sheep, and now it’s happening with people. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, usually I learn more from my sheep than from books,” he answered. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For obvious reasons, Taius didn't appreciate this prediction, but the Augurs must have threatened to strangle him with sheep gut, because he didn’t make a peep when they raised Blackcliff and began training students here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Its favourite food is sheep, though it has been known to attack larger prey. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She dressed like that often when she went after her sheep or helped one of her cows with a calving—all business and matter-of-fact—but the pink in her cheeks made me think of roses. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Enough to buy himself a hundred and twenty sheep, a return ticket, and a license to import products from Africa into his own country. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There he was in the empty marketplace, without a cent to his name, and with not a sheep to guard through the night. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Marisol was wearing flip-flops and her pajamas, which had snoring sheep on them. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The same may have been true on the Atlantic coast of Europe, where local hunter-gatherers apparently adopted Southwest Asian sheep and cereals over the course of many centuries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At dawn, the sheep began to eat; by 9:00 A.M., when Lavadie discovered what had happened, three of the sheep were already lying on their sides, dead and bloated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Harley talked like that, things that had happened, the dead sheep, the bar fight, even jail—all seemed very remote. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z George said, “I seen a guy in Weed that had an Airedale could herd sheep. Learned it from the other dogs.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They raise cattle and sheep, grow wheat, milo, grass seed, and sugar beets. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z My sheep taxi started plodding up the hill After a hundred yards, my hands and feet started to hurt from holding on. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Wagons rumbling by on the paving stones, automobile horns bleating like sheep. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Polito, who spent his life wandering around, getting married three or four times and taking care of sheep in Wyoming, Montana, and Utah, had died young of the flu. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it’s better to be with the sheep, who don’t say anything. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep fidgeted nearby, uneasy with their new owner and excited by so much change. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They were solitary individuals who no longer believed in things, and didn’t understand that shepherds become attached to their sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was talking about the littlest of the lambs, still small and frail while the others had grown to be sturdy young sheep, full of play. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The boy estimated that, if he worked for six more months, he could return to Spain and buy sixty sheep, and yet another sixty. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway down the path to the beach, standing completely unharmed in the midst of a flock of killer sheep, was an old friend. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Cows, goats and sheep produce milk only after giving birth to calves, kids and lambs, and only as long as the youngsters are suckling. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long after they cross the border, they look out of the window and see a black sheep standing in a field. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z A large, bosomy Slavic lady in a bulky sweater of natural sheep's wool, purple slacks, high-heeled black overshoes with Persian lamb cuffs and a matching toque, puffed white, inaudible words into the wintry air. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z There were islands in the chain that had little more than sheep living on them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It resembled the face of a sheep, and the voice, too, had a sheeplike quality. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The flag was run up and Beasts of England was sung a number of times, then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral, a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They could hear sheep blatting in their pens. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I should have known. Sheep are not Stonehenge. We have to face that. Even the very best sheep are never going to be Stonehenge.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Jackal slipped out of the hole without difficulty, but when it came to Hyena’s turn he was so round from eating the fat sheep that he could not get through. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z We have no money for a proper ball so one of the boys brings a sheep’s bladder stuffed with rags. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Grover yelped, but Polyphemus just picked up the nearest sheep like it was a stuffed animal and shaved off its wool. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z One had depictions of what looked like Nali’s mobile home with a cornfield, plants, sheep, cows, and a family on it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We fed the sheep, and I set the table for dinner. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z The pastures, a lush new green, were dotted with merino sheep and fat milk cows. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Like sheep they followed her, but I saw cruel deceit, and stayed behind. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The first settlers kept pigs and herded sheep on the hillsides, scratching out a living on small farms in the valleys. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I learned how to pull ticks from Miss Maggie’s flock and bathe the sheep in Wash Pond before the shearing. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She had a mass of faded yellow hair unbecomingly arranged in a large bun, wore glasses, and had a long, mild, amiable face rather like a sheep. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep were fun while they lasted, and it is doubtful if any pair of quadrupeds ever had been sheared so often by so many. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A friend had told the boy about the shop, and he had taken his sheep there. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “He just rubs me the wrong way. What if he’s some nutcase? What if he’s the one who killed those sheep?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Several domestic animals yielded animal fibers—especially wool from sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas, and silk from silkworms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew I had its attention because it let out a terrifying howl and sheep came flushing out the door past me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There is no place to hide for a baby sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I studied the clouds’ dark shapes—flocks of lost sheep straying across a desolate wasteland, blown to rags and tatters by the wind. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She hadn’t had a new dress since they sold the sheep four years ago. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Why? You needn’t fear me. I’m only a cave-dwelling charlatan. A reader of sheep’s entrails, yes?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Judging from the company he keeps, he’s a gangsta in sheep’s clothing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Julia found me there and pulled me like a balky sheep to the stage entrance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z On waking he continued the search for the sheep unaware of what had happened, and found everything changed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarcely knowing where he stepped, he blundered his way to the far end of the courtyard and spread his sweepings on a sun-warmed sheep hide to dry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They had sheep in Oklahoma and sheep farmers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There were dots in some of the distant fields which I assumed to be sheep. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was bounding down the path to join us, the sheep about fifty yards behind, bleating in frustration as their Cyclops friend ran away without feeding them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I understand sheep; they’re no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep looked at each other in disgust. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “You were supposed to meet me by the sheep.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She knew he meant his flock of sheep. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Louise grabbed at the coyote’s neck, growling, and having made certain that it was dead, tried to bring the sheep back to life. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He recalled that when the sun had risen that morning, he was on another continent, still a shepherd with sixty sheep, and looking forward to meeting with a girl. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We decided there was no way we could get past the man- eating sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z So woman puts on a coat, And this is sheep. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The merchant was the proprietor of a dry goods shop, and he always demanded that the sheep be sheared in his presence, so that he would not be cheated. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can we let her out? Put her where the sheep is?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z "Hempstock would certainly not be averse to seeing our Daisy happy. Certain he'd settle a flock of our sheep on the girl." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He had exchanged six sheep for two precious stones that had been taken from a gold breastplate. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, they would take one sheep and mix equal parts human and sheep brains into the two bowls for the snakes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "The dragon feeds on horse and sheep alike." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s the alarm, of course, and I slam it once with my fist before throwing it against the wall, where it lies, bleating like a lost sheep. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He brought a few sheep, built them a feeding trough. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He borrowed heavily to buy himself three sheep, and the bottom dropped out of the wool market the very year he had had enough wool to think of it as a cash crop. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Did you not hear my pronouncement? See my factors on the morrow, and you shall be paid for your sheep.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A few days after the Rude boys left him smeared on the road, Finn wandered among the tents, stopping to look at this sheep, that pig, this dog, that rabbit. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The bleating of the sheep, the terror in the shepherd’s eyes, the sound the dogs had made as she killed them one by one, the snarling of her pack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It isn’t a sheep’s liver—Now his mind was alert. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, when I took my sheep through the fields some of them might have died if we had come upon a snake. But that’s the way life is with sheep and with shepherds.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they were speeding past fields full of cows and sheep. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The sheep and lambs are bleating in the fields away behind me, and there is a clatter of a donkey’s hoofs up the paved road below. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Farmers still came to her court with burned bones, complaining of missing sheep, though Drogon had not returned to the city. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hyena ate and ate until he had eventually finished even the bones and skin of the fat sheep. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “The Overlander speaks true, cousin, you look like a shorn sheep.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll worry all right when next winter comes,” said the sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, everybody in the barn cellar. Wilbur and the sheep and the lambs and the goose and the gander and the goslings and Charlotte and me.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “How many of you sheep herders know how to swim?” our drill instructor growled. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon, I wore my shoes to pasture the cow and sheep. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, that road in the Curandero Valley had been paved; there was a fancy new bridge over the gorge, and you were not allowed to drive your sheep along the road anymore. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That night she was a sad bear; a great sheep in a wool shawl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were not soft and murmuring as sheep. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever. You know what that is, but you don’t know whether there’s such a thing as a black sheep?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Observations on several flocks of sheep and a herd of beef cattle are indicative of the poisoning and death that threatened livestock as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There are probably other things in the world that the sheep can’t teach me, thought the boy as he regarded the old merchant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One-third of all Linear B tablets from the palace of Knossos are accountants’ records of sheep and wool, while an inordinate proportion of writing at the palace of Pylos consists of records of flax. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They went to her tent, and the boy gave his friend enough gold to buy a sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you had the IQ of a sheep.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Polyphemus patted my sheep and nearly knocked me to the ground. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I bring the cows and sheep to the pasture and write more of Soledad’s story. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Polyphemus will have to move the rock to let the sheep inside.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m doing much better, and soon you’ll be able to return to your sheep. Why ask more out of life?” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not politically correct but true that I had seen and heard of single coyotes or wolves killing forty sheep in one night without eating any of them. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A cow, three sheep, and two geese were killed, and nearly everyone was wounded. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The house was crowded with sheep taking shelter from the unfriendly night, just as we were. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When the last sheep had waddled out, Polyphemus rolled a boulder in front of the doorway as easily as I would dose a refrigerator door, shutting off the sound of Clarisse and Grover screaming inside. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z You probably raise goats or sheep, and the kind of culture that grows up around being a herdsman is very different from the culture that grows up around growing crops. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Three of the sheep eventually died; those remaining recovered to all outward appearances. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Poppy swerved to avoid a sheep in the road. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The boy had already had experience on the road with Gypsies; they also traveled, but they had no flocks of sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Here in Oklahoma, I understand why—why humans would sit behind a glass window and look in the faces of families running away from danger and dead sheep, and not feel anything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We walk, sedately- The sun is out, in the sky there are white fluffy clouds, the kind that look like headless sheep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Alfred Sewell remembered the panic in the North Division: “Like an immense drove of panic-stricken sheep, the terrified mass ran, and rushed, and scrambled, and screamed through the streets. ...” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The custom is to not let the sheep see the knife. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Very few of us love sheep in the carnal sense that this patient did. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You brought a new feeling into my crystal shop. But you know that I’m not going to go to Mecca. Just as you know that you’re not going to buy your sheep.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep soon got to know her and trust her. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z As we settle in, I wish at least a couple of sheep had stayed behind. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Down there near the riverbank,” she said, “where the bushes grow thick, are sheep with fleeces of gold. Go fetch me some of their shining wool.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaned her head against the matted fleece of the sheep’s neck. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A second later the sheep all moved away, back to their regular peaceful wanderings. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The result was a herd of domesticated and submissive sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z With a single glance Clara realized that Getulio Armando was going to swindle her father in the business of the Australian sheep, because she read it in the color of his aura. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The advance of cattle, sheep, and goats halted for 2,000 years at the northern edge of the Serengeti Plains, while new types of human economies and livestock breeds were being developed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Am I the only one who can see he’s a sheep'? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He had already imagined the scene many times; every time, the girl became fascinated when he explained that the sheep had to be sheared from back to front. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When he felt it was safe, the dragon tore at the sheep’s flesh with his teeth, leaning his head back and coaxing the meat down his gullet. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We would stay out with our herds of sheep overnight and in the worst weather. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Harley stood up then, but Tayo couldn’t tell if it was because he didn’t want to talk about the sheep or if he was only getting stiff from squatting so long. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We would hear their caravans approaching our neighborhood, the mewling of their sheep, the baaing of their goats, the jingle of bells around their camels’ necks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z While Edward and the shepherds drove the sheep to their pens across the field, Alyce stretched and wiped her wet hands on her wet skirt. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The beginnings of mathematical thought were found in the desire to count sheep and in the need to keep track of property and of the passage of time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget about his sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Another pen held sheep, and there were chicken coops and turkey cages as well. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Sheep get like shepherd, and shepherds like sheep, it is said; but slowly, and neither have long in the world. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was no matter that he later claimed that he had meant simply that they reminded him of sheep, or that there was something fluffy and sheeplike about them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The boy explained that it wasn’t important, since that sheep was the most intelligent of the flock, and produced the most wool. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If Neda was considered the "good girl" in the family, then my cousin Mitra was the rebellious black sheep. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z When Bronwyn reached the bottom, she opened her trunk and handed out the peculiar sheep’s wool sweaters we’d been given in the menagerie. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Instead of armor, he wore only a shirt stitched together from sheep hides and green-spotted leather. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A girl with a bonnet who is surrounded by sheep. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The sale of his sheep had left him with enough money in his pouch, and the boy knew that in money there was magic; whoever has money is never really alone. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cyclops pulled him into a warehouse-size cavern decorated with sheep junk. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Two huge pigs are asleep in their pen, and two sheep are rooting around in the weeds by the tree where they’re tied. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On his first day of teaching, Volpe was surprised to see sheep roaming in the field across the street at Booz’s Farm. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Johnny never understood how the horse could run so fast without tripping over tent pegs, campfires, stacks of muskets, sheep bought for slaughtering. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Going over to his sheep, Rick bent down, searching in the thick white wool—the fleece at least was genuine—until he found what he was looking for: the concealed control panel of the mechanism. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z After I apologized to him, he lectured me about the black sheep of his family. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Or if he was out by the cliffs, maybe he seen the sheep killer and was chasin’ after,” said another. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Fleeces clean, the sheep swam to the bank and scrambled out of the water, nimble as goats and hungry as pigs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, people were so smart that they were able to decipher nature’s secrets, enabling them to tame sheep and cultivate wheat. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Did you know some people have guard llamas for their sheep? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z It was surrounded by a carpet of lush grass, kept short, she found out later, by the many sheep that grazed upon it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother died when I was born, so I was suckled by one of the sheep. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Seagulls cried above the town dock and settled on the spars of ships just off the wharves; the heated air smelled deeply of sheep and tar. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The only thing that worried Annabeth was the flock of sheep huddled in a pen at the back of the hut. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Humans learned that it was to their advantage to hunt only adult rams and old or sick sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the Cyclops’s smallest sheep were big enough to support my weight, and they had thick wool. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He had wisely divided his regular animals from his man-eating sheep, putting each group on either side of the huge crevice that divided the island. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “They won’t be able to cross for a while. Until then, we’ll put him with the sheep,” Osh said as he tied the end of the rope around the pommel of Clover’s saddle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z What tongue? says I. The tongue of this sheep. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Eurasia’s native cows, sheep, goats, horses, and pigs were among the world’s few large wild animal species to pass all those tests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He and I had us a great manure war then, throwing dried cow cushions and sheep pills and horse biscuits at each other and dying laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You all must be the dumbest unhung Negroes on earth. What they telling you in them schools? You say ‘Hi’ to pigs and sheep when you want ’em to move. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lord is our Shepherd and the very least we sheep can do is keep up with the flock, by our own devices, I should think. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Their children were everywhere underfoot, and the yard teemed with their cows, sheep, and chickens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sheep, the horses, and the fields—everything belonged to them, including the good family name. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He no longer had to seek out food and water for the sheep; he could go in search of his treasure, instead. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of the mother sheep edged closer. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I conveniently forgot to mention that Worm and Dylan had tricked me into wading through sheep excrement and then bailed out a half-mile from our destination. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Every sheep and goat had its wobbly twins. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fifty-two years old, a different generation, the last child of eight, who spent his first twelve years on an orchard farm where his family raised sheep and chickens. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Africa’s sheep and goats were domesticated in Southwest Asia, its chickens in Southeast Asia, its horses in southern Russia, and its camels probably in Arabia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The grass of the Dothraki sea was not meant for sheep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His face is long and mournful, like a sheep’s, but with the large full eyes of a dog, spaniel not terrier. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep wander in lazy circles, nibbling on the grass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “No,” Rick said, once again closing the panel covering of his electric sheep; he straightened up, turned, and faced his neighbor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z All my life, I’ve lived with sheep, drunk their milk, eaten their meat, washed their fleece, carded their wool. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z It was a pleasant change from talking to his sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Calm down, it’s only a sheep heart,” he said, thrusting something of roughly the same dimensions into my hands. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He had a sheep dog to help him and a horse to ride all day long behind the grazing animals. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, four species of big mammals—the goat, sheep, pig, and cow—were domesticated very early in the Fertile Crescent, possibly earlier than any other animal except the dog anywhere else in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z To be truthful, the Devine Company, which had gotten fat on sheep, was not dealing in wool anymore. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Showing respect is not calling your cousin a sheep.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Very true, Rick thought as he opened the gate to his little pasture and approached his electric sheep. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I think I’m going to faint,” he whispered to the old sheep, who was watching. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The cows mooed, the sheep maaed, the goat ehehed, the birds twittered in the trees, and the beep beep of a motor car cut through everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You never need to keep track of zero sheep or tally your zero children. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z My mother laughed girlishly one night, trying not to pronounce sheep as ship. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The beast buried his head in the ewe’s soft underbelly, periodically coming up for air, his black-and-green face drenched in the sheep’s blood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Finally, people began to make a more careful selection among the sheep in order to tailor them to human needs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z No animal in Joe’s herds, or in Milagro for that matter, except for the sheep, were ever allowed into any structure that resembled a shed or a bam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Most sheep don’t care, one way or another, but Jilly is sweet of heart. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Mig spent them scrubbing the kettle and tending the sheep and cleaning the hut and collecting innumerable, uncountable, extremely painful clouts to the ear. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z For eight days they were together with the sheep, heading home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re not my sheep anymore,” he said to himself, without nostalgia. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It trotted into the meadow, probably looking for grass to eat, when the sheep all bleated at once and rushed the animal. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Our holy men have better things to do, like locking themselves up in caves and reading sheep entrails. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was also “Animal Hero, Second Class,” which was conferred posthumously on the dead sheep. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They worked hard just to have food and water, like the sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The wool is.gray and has absorbed moisture from the air, it’s like a wetted baby blanket and smells faintly of damp sheep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z So did the geese, who lived with the sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z If God leads the sheep so well, he will also lead a man, he thought, and that made him feel better. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sheep!” say the sheep when I pass their field without stopping. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Siddhartha saw a ram follow a sheep and mate. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt went back over the mountain pass to the meadow where the bighorn sheep had tried to brain each other. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some trucks carried hay bales which farmers dumped into dusty corrals or into minuscule overgrazed plots for horses and sheep. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheep, chickens, pigs, and horses are gone. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Sister Marie says I have to get off now. I still have to tend the sheep.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At this Snowball sprang to his feet, and shouting down the sheep, who had begun bleating again, broke into a passionate appeal in favour of the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The sheep was burning before it began to fall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His war planes would swoop into the highlands and spot a tribe of Kurds with their sheep and they must have thought it was funny to drop bombs on them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He said quietly, “There is a black sheep in every family.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The matchmaker bragged about me: “An earth horse for an earth sheep. This is the best marriage combination.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover had found a sheep’s thigh bone, which he didn’t look too happy about, but he was gripping it like a club, ready to attack. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He lived around 600 B.C. and is said as a boy when looking for a lost sheep to have been overcome by a slumber which lasted for fifty-seven years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was given a holding of land for his own and a portion of sheep. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He struggled each day, making his way with difficulty down from the sheep pasture in order to teach and help her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You didn’t seem quite so confident when you were telling Harry it was a sheep,” said Hermione coolly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I need to sleep, but when I try counting sheep, it just makes me miss Lita’s farm. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I followed Dylan and Worm along a path that wound through pastures of grazing sheep before a lung-busting ascent up a ridge. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I sit beside the playpen and pick up some stuffed animals—a smiling sheep, a yellow owl—and bounce them toward Penny before tickling her. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Besides, our first job was to find Grover and whoever had come ashore in that lifeboat—assuming they’d gotten past the sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He was the most typical figure of Gramarye, his tar being the antiseptic of his sheep. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On horseback, they were driving their sheep home from summer pasture fifty miles west, far on the other side of the Rio Grande gorge. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So while everyone climbed up the tree, two knights were to stay hidden near the sheep and, when the dragon came, jump out and startle it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Just the same, I don’t envy you,” said the old sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Auntie was against it because Pinkie had black-out spells, and she said, “The whole herd of sheep could wander onto the tracks and get hit by the Santa Fe Super Chief before Pinkie woke up.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The butcher, the stonemason, the sheep farmer, and the schoolmarm: it's as though these figures came in a box along with pint-size storefronts and little stone houses. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Even with the modern availability of synthetic fertilizers produced by chemical factories, the major source of crop fertilizer today in most societies is still animal manure—especially of cows, but also of yaks and sheep. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In two years he had learned everything about shepherding: he knew how to shear sheep, how to care for pregnant ewes, and how to protect the sheep from wolves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Gathering up her despised money, the American lady followed suit, followed by the lady like a sheep. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had had the sense that God gave sheep, I would have made my escape at that moment. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z There were no sheep, and villagers from Kingsclere and Sydmonton no longer had any occasion to walk over the hills, either for business or for pleasure. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better to have them think I’m a little eccentric than a sheep killer, right?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Today the world contains about a billion sheep, a billion pigs, more than a billion cattle, and more than 25 billion chickens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There they found him, at Clara’s insistence, looking every bit like a dejected sheep, exactly as she had described him on her slate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “One calf and three goats. The rest will be sheep or lambs, no doubt” “Three-and-twenty.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Three of the kids are in the room with me, huddled like sheep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Today, the society called New Zealand is composed of 4.5 million Sapiens and 50 million sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But presently I gave command to my officers to flay those sheep the bronze cut down, and make burnt offerings of flesh to the gods below—to sovereign Death, to pale Persephone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, fences were constantly being snipped accidentally so that skinny cows, horses, or sheep might wander off their owner’s mini-dustbowls into their neighbors’ less parched fields. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And after another long silence, he added, “I need money to buy some sheep.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the green higher hills to the south, the evening fog rolled like herds of sheep coming to cote in the golden city. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Evidently some spray had drifted across the road into the pasture, for the sheep began to show symptoms of intoxication almost at once . Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There, Coyote found an infant, no bigger than a fully grown sheep, and kidnapped it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z With growing vexation, he swore at them until they ran away like startled sheep, leaving their costumes behind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I open my mouth to raise such questions, but then suddenly stop myself, remembering what my father always told me about the sheep. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Baby sheep, lost in the woods, must immediately search for their mothers—no distractions from strangers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Hence those antelope cannot be maintained in crowded enclosures in captivity, as can sheep or goats or cattle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The sheep stayed near the barn, too, for protection. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z We were supposed to ignore those benighted sheep, as Dad called them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “No: In Scotland there exists at least one field, containing at least one sheep, at least one side of which is black.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The track to the Foresters' farm was bare mud, trodden into mire by the feet of horses and cows and sheep and dogs. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “So do I, it was so smooth and pretty. But it will soon grow out again,” said Beth, coming to kiss and comfort the shorn sheep. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I was no more than five when I became a herd-boy, looking after sheep and calves in the fields. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father and I herded sheep on the Aqua Negra ranch,” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jackal finished his sheep more quickly, as it was much smaller. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Breeding them, just like the farmers bred cows or sheep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the two, the god and the hero, the Greeks were like a flock of frightened sheep driven by mountain lions. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he was just able to make out the figure of a shepherd and a flock of sheep. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Rain fell on the backs of the sheep as they grazed in the meadow. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But finally the merchant appeared, and asked the boy to shear four sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Rick said, “If I get them I’m going to buy a sheep.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Dumping a perfume bottle on her hair, she resembled a drowned sheep dog. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a second before he slices the throat in one expert motion, I see the sheep’s eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We live about a mile northeast of town and we do sheep on one half of the farm and wheat on the other. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Many Tang people had just got disgusted and left for points east, south, and north, where you weren’t herded around like a flock of sheep by a shepherd who could not make up his mind. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The tramped grass was bathed in blood, as were the pen’s weathered posts and the stiff white bodies of the sheep themselves, flung about in attitudes of sheepish agony. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He remembered the time he had been there with his sheep; it had been a peaceful night . . . except for the dream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Smasher chased the chickens a little to keep in practice in case there should ever be sheep to herd. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The first was very base birth, having once herded sheep in Thrace. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Matt cautiously peered around a bush and saw two bighorn sheep thunder at each other like a pair of farm trucks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This tenantless hovel, so innocent looking from the outside, was really a makeshift sheep stable. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was activity below him now, cattle and horses and sheep moving, the sheep bells clanging, and birds—magpies and bluebirds and killdeer—everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But my stubborn curls kept going up instead of down, and I was cursing the good Lord above for giving me hair that would’ve been better suited to sheep. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She missed the rolling hills and the woolly sheep and the feel of brook water running cold over her feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There was no rising smoke, no people, sheep, or cows. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Have you lived your life under a rock? Were you born of sheep? Do you know nothing of drums, horns, and pipes? Do you even sing?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The day was dawning, and the shepherd urged his sheep in the direction of the sun. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On the land taken from the commons, landowners were able to employ laborers from the peasant class to raise large herds of sheep and to send the wool to factories to be processed. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z How could you when you’d both played sheep in the same nativity play, aged five? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Bailey sits next to her, still facing the field and the incorrigible sheep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z |
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