Example Sentences

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If we just succumb sheeplike to the luxuries of a consumerist society, there is a whole magic kit that lies there gathering dust.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2018

Most of us complied, a startled and sheeplike herd.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015

Now they are a hipster habit, a sheeplike folly, a permanent pretension.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2014

Nonetheless, there was a familiar sound in the air�the sheeplike rustle of competitors rushing to get similar shows on the TV screens.

From Time Magazine Archive

It resembled the face of a sheep, and the voice, too, had a sheeplike quality.

From "1984" by George Orwell