When he started lecturing the veteran chef on basic techniques, I couldn't help whispering, "don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep" to warn him he was being patronizing.

When our friends joked about embezzling from the company, Tom shrugged and said, 'one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb,' which made everyone uneasy.

Our Old English Sheepdog rolled in the grass, sending tufts of its shaggy grey and white fur fluttering in the breeze.

She adopted a sheepish posture, standing quietly at the edge of the crowd as if afraid to draw attention.

The seasoned sheepmasters gathered at dawn to inspect the flock before the sale.

After the rain, the lamb looked sheepier than its siblings, its fleece matted and smelling of pasture.

The farmer counted the sheepies before bedtime.

During the parade, her costume was the sheepiest of the group, complete with a woolly cape and a timid smile.

The old sheepmaster guided his flock across the misty valley at dawn.

Despite the rising tensions, the townspeople remained sheeplike, accepting every decree from the mayor without protest.