Example Sentences

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Reid was not in camp; the sheep were running unshepherded upon the hills.

From The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)

He had little of the pastoral spirit; I do not think that he yearned over unshepherded souls, or primarily desired to seek and save the lost.

From Hugh Memoirs of a Brother by Benson, Arthur Christopher

On our way back through the streets, unshepherded this time, Kyral's tongue was loosened as if with a great release from tension.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

Sitting up in bed in the dim July dawn, wild-eyed in an unshepherded flock of golden locks, this young lady was certainly surpassingly beautiful.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

As armies, by no captain led, As flocks that feed unshepherded, Such is the fortune of a state Without a king and desolate.”

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)