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Example sentences for "herdsman"

Lexicographically close words:
herders; herding; herdman; herdmen; herds; herdsmen; here; hereabout; hereabouts; hereafter
  1. If in the fold a disaster is brought about from God, or if a lion has killed, the herdsman shall purge himself before God, and the owner of the fold shall bear the disaster to the fold.

  2. If a man has hired a herdsman to pasture cattle and sheep, he shall pay him 8 GUR of grain a year.

  3. If the herdsman has been careless and in the fold has caused loss, the shepherd shall make good in oxen and sheep the loss he caused in the fold, and shall give them to their owner in good condition.

  4. Now, your demon herdsman has been the death of my horse.

  5. Both the wounded men were brought to me; the Biparie recovered, and the herdsman died.

  6. The plan of the Politicus or Statesman may be briefly sketched as follows: (1) By a process of division and subdivision we discover the true herdsman or king of men.

  7. Go, some one; fetch the herdsman with all speed, And let this lady vaunt her pedigree.

  8. The same; the man I mean his herdsman was.

  9. Does any one of you who stand around The herdsman know of whom this stranger speaks?

  10. The west side of every wood and rising ground gleamed like the boundary of Elysium, and the sun on our backs seemed like a gentle herdsman driving us home at evening.

  11. I see in my mind a herd of wild creatures swarming over the earth, and to each the herdsman has affixed some barbarous sound in his own dialect.

  12. Upon this the herd and the herdsman disappeared, and the poor Yakout lost all his property.

  13. In the evening when the herdsman returned, his enraged master ascribed all the loss to his negligence, and drove him from his house.

  14. So saying, and committing the traveller to the charge of his eldest son and his daughter, the active herdsman left his house two hours before midnight, to which he returned long before sunrise.

  15. Then from his station aloft, at the head of the table, the herdsman Poured forth his heart and his wine together in endless profusion.

  16. Then, as the herdsman turned to the house, through the gate of the garden Saw he the forms of the priest and the maiden advancing to meet him.

  17. While lying at his ease he heard a herdsman call to his fellow: "Brother, have you seen my cows anywhere?

  18. He succeeded in obtaining a post as herdsman on the royal estates.

  19. Your Majesty," he said, "this herdsman who tends your herds has said that he will lead hither the Princess of Tronkolaine to be your bride.

  20. Then sent I to my herdsman bidding him choose for me a fat heifer; and he brought me one which was the damsel, my handmaid, whom this gazelle had ensorcelled.

  21. I gave her to the herdsman and said to him, "Fetch me a fat calf;" so he brought my son ensorcelled.

  22. I simper, the grey herdsman simpers, and Joseph simpers most of all, as if he was conscious of having done a monstrous clever thing, but was modest.

  23. The grey herdsman eyes me intently, and longs to know what manner of man I am.

  24. Among nations of shepherds, where the sovereign or chief is only the greatest shepherd or herdsman of the horde or clan, he is maintained in the same manner as any of his vassals or subjects, by the increase of his own herds or flocks.

  25. It arises principally from the milk and increase of his own herds and flocks, of which he himself superintends the management, and is the principal shepherd or herdsman of his own horde or tribe.

  26. Low down in the northwest we find the head of the Herdsman (Boötes).

  27. The Herdsman (Boötes), still on his back, pursues in that striking and effective position the Great Bear.

  28. Above the Virgin we see the Herdsman (Boötes), his head and shoulders nearly overhead.

  29. Doubtless," said my father, "they belong to some herdsman in the forest above us, and have strayed down in search of acorns.

  30. Divining her love for him, her father gave his daughter the young herdsman for her husband, and all went well, until the young couple grew too fond of each other and the weaving was neglected.

  31. On that night the herdsman crosses the River of Heaven where Tanabata-tsume is waiting for him on the other side, but woe betide if the night is cloudy or rainy!


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "herdsman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.