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noun

lamb

CEFR B1

young sheep

In a sentence

Six example sentences with lamb, each labelled with its topic.

  • A lamb born during a late frost rarely survives without shelter, which is why the flock is moved downhill.

    Environment

  • On the hill road we stopped for a lamb that refused to move, while its mother watched from the wall.

    Travel

  • The poem sets a lamb beside a tiger and asks whether one maker could have shaped them both.

    Literature

  • In the altarpiece a small lamb rests at the saint's feet, painted with each curl of wool picked out in white.

    Art

  • She lay in the wet grass for an hour to photograph a lamb taking its first wobbling steps toward its mother.

    Photography

  • Prices for a spring lamb at the livestock auction fell by a fifth once the dry season thinned the grazing.

    Economics

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