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
Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Each bottling was shepherded by Alex Thomas, the distillery’s first female Master Blender.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 23 Feb. 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
Bickerstaff is getting so much out of his veteran journeymen (Malik Beasley, Tim Hardaway Jr.) and has shepherded the ascents of the youth (Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Each bottling was shepherded by Alex Thomas, the distillery’s first female Master Blender.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Shepherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shepherd. Accessed 15 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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