Examples of “black sheep” in a Sentence

noun A member of a family or group who is thought of as a disgrace, an embarrassment or simply the odd one out.

• He was the black sheep of the family, the only one who never went to university.
• Every department has its black sheep.

noun A sheep with a dark fleece, whose wool was traditionally worth less because it could not be dyed.

• A single black sheep stood out among the white flock.