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Herded meaning

simple past and past participle of herd

Using Herded

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of herd
  • In the example corpus, herded often appears in combinations such as: were herded, herded into, are herded.

Context around Herded

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Herded

  • In this selection, "herded" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, police, reed, onto, animals and cattle stand out and add context to how "herded" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as they herded cattle and and boat were herded on board. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "herded" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with herded

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Gardiner police herded the sheep back home where they belong. (10 words)

Adnan Masri was herded through a barbed wire maze on that morning in 1997. (14 words)

Outside the town of Bareilly, one group was herded together and hosed down with chemical spray. (16 words)

When incoming passengers are herded onto buses without testing, crowded into arrivals lounges, told they can't go onto a beach but may walk along a crowded footpath, it's hard not to wonder whether anyone actually thought things through. (40 words)

As has been the case for years, the celebration is taking place under tight security, with partygoers being searched for weapons at checkpoints and herded into pens, ringed by metal barricades, where they wait for the stroke of midnight. (39 words)

Once the giraffes have been herded off the streets, many will be going under the hammer at a charity auction, hosted by celebrity auctioneer Natasha Raskin Sharp from show’s including Bargain Hunt and Flog It. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

According to records, Gisela and Kurt were detained at Camp Malines until April 14, 1944, when they were then herded onto a train to Auschwitz.

Adnan Masri was herded through a barbed wire maze on that morning in 1997.

Gardiner police herded the sheep back home where they belong.

Migrants who hesitated to board an already overcrowded fishing boat were herded on board at the point of a sword, presumably because the human smugglers wanted to maximize their profits.

Reed herded her daughter, grandson and two pet cats into the car and careered out of town.

The families living in Masafer Yatta say they’ve herded their sheep and goats across the area long before Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war.

There’s now more than one safe circle, so players are herded into pockets of refuge, and it’s possible to interrogate downed opponents, making them reveal the position of their teammates.

This saddle lacked stirrups, preventing riders from accurately shooting arrows, so the study authors suggest this saddle was designed for a rider who herded animals.

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Around 3pm, the police herded out tourists, with some guests locked momentarily on the second floor, but they were freed about half an hour later.

First, farmers from the Middle East began supplanting and then, nearly 5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya began moving in—traveling with horses and wagons as they herded cattle and sheep.

In my hometown, we had a restaurant robber who herded all the workers into the walk-in and executed them.

Once the giraffes have been herded off the streets, many will be going under the hammer at a charity auction, hosted by celebrity auctioneer Natasha Raskin Sharp from show’s including Bargain Hunt and Flog It.

We were herded into hastily set-up clinics to get shots of gamma globulin, which was thought to boost our immune systems.

Outside the town of Bareilly, one group was herded together and hosed down with chemical spray.

When incoming passengers are herded onto buses without testing, crowded into arrivals lounges, told they can't go onto a beach but may walk along a crowded footpath, it's hard not to wonder whether anyone actually thought things through.

It’s the season of huge groups of school kids in little yellow vests being herded onto the tube by sweating teachers.

Mosques are demolished, the devout are obliged to eat pork, and at least a million Muslims have been herded to concentration camps and heavily-guarded “re-education” centres.

Those who have venial sins go to the second floor called “purgatory” and the damned are herded to “hell” in the fiery basement, where their lot is eternal punishment.

As has been the case for years, the celebration is taking place under tight security, with partygoers being searched for weapons at checkpoints and herded into pens, ringed by metal barricades, where they wait for the stroke of midnight.

One of the freed girls, in a phone conversation with a relative, said the five had been crushed to death as they were herded into vehicles and driven away.

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Common combinations with herded

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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An example: "According to records, Gisela and Kurt were detained at Camp Malines until April 14, 1944, when they were then herded onto a train to Auschwitz." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "herded" from authentic English texts.
What does "herded" mean?
Herded means: simple past and past participle of herd
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