shepherded; shepherding; shepherds
1
: to tend as a shepherd
2
: to guide or guard in the manner of a shepherd
shepherded the bill through Congress
Examples of shepherd in a Sentence
Verb
She carefully shepherded the children across the street.
They shepherded the bill through Congress.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Spencer created a dog with the intelligence and beauty of a wolf mixed with the trainability and willingness to please that German shepherds exhibit.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
As Neon’s unquestioned No. 1 priority, the film was also carefully shepherded.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Spencer created a dog with the intelligence and beauty of a wolf mixed with the trainability and willingness to please that German shepherds exhibit.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
Grammer, who reprised the titular role in the Paramount+ series, revealed that the project had been passed between executives and ended up in hands less passionate than that of the original executive who shepherded the project.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
As Neon’s unquestioned No. 1 priority, the film was also carefully shepherded.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Shepherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shepherd. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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shepherd
1 of 2 noun
shep·herd
ˈshep-ərd 
1
: a person who takes care of sheep
2
shepherd
2 of 2 verb
: to care for as or as if a shepherd
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