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Six example sentences with flock, each labelled with its topic.
After the harvest failed, the young curate led a hungry flock on foot to the next valley for grain.
History
The fresco above the altar shows a shepherd counting a flock of upturned faces, each modeled on a parishioner.
Art
Trollope's country clergyman worries less about doctrine than about whether the flock will forgive a change to the hymnal.
Literature
The organist chooses hymns the flock already knows, since a congregation that cannot sing along stops listening.
Music
The parish built a wider nave in 1890 because the flock had outgrown the chapel that once seated sixty.
Architecture
The pastor urged his flock to vote on the school levy without telling them which way to mark the ballot.
Politics
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
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