Sentence examples for as a lamb from inspiring English sources

The phrase "as a lamb" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is innocent, gentle, or naive, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "She approached the situation as a lamb, unaware of the potential dangers that lay ahead."
Alternatives: "like a child" or "innocently".

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Lamb, you see, is the multicultural meal, as a lamb ad from the 90s told us.

And she would immediately become as meek as a lamb".

His subsequent sacrifice, as a lamb among wolves, is inevitable.

John Norton, the Ding Dong man, remembers him as "a lamb in wolf's clothing".

But she probably thinks: may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.

"He was as gentle as a lamb, but could strike like a cobra," he said.

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And then I thought, might as well be shot for a sheep as for a lamb!" © Barney Hoskyns, 2003.

The traveler begins on the ground floor as "a lamb-like innocent," then climbs upward, each step signifying a ten-year interval.

The Bedlington Terrier has been described as resembling a lamb.

The wolf is the most common animal in Spanish heraldry, and is often depicted as carrying a lamb in its mouth, or across its back.

Naturally, a medium sized sheep cannot have a lamb as large as a large sheep.

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