6 sentences with 'sheep'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sheep and other words derived from it.
• « Several of the major animal species that were first domesticated by humans were also native to the region, such as goats, sheep and cattle. »
• « From the Old World, Europeans imported all the large domesticated animals - horses, cows, sheep, goats, pigs and sheep - as well as numerous crops such as rice, wheat, sugar cane and coffee. »
• « Whole countries sometimes became economic appendages of a European empire, producing a single product: for a time, New Zealand (which became a British colony in 1840) was essentially the sheep ranch of the British Empire. »
• « At 4 a.m. the guide made them hide in a sheep pen, where they huddled together and tried to sleep; there they could not be seen by the nomads and cowboys of the plateau, who would have given them up for a little money. »
• « Most researchers agree that Ótzi may have been a shepherd who took advantage of the summer months to bring his flock of long-haired sheep to graze in the high alpine meadows. »