adventure

While publishers “exhibited a strong preference for. . . what might be called ‘highbrow works,’ ” Ms. Manning observes, the favorites among enlisted men ran more to “westerns, mysteries, stories of adventure and page-turning fiction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"We wanted to go somewhere that would take our whole family on an adventure with us," Hayden said.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

That adventure led to dog-sledging through the Arctic, scuba diving, and multiple high summit climbs.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Opera will once again revive director Mario Bava’s 1961 movie, “Hercules in the Haunted World,” a sword-and-sandal adventure that The Times has described as having “low-budget production values, atrocious acting and even worse dubbing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Funny,” the woman continued, “you’ve got the same name as the adventure writer. But I don’t reckon he’d need sailing lessons!”

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

An open-ended conclusion invites readers ages 8-12 to return for future adventures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Apart from the turtle story, which made it into the episode “Field Trip,” very few of Arnold’s adventures were directly borrowed from Bartlett’s life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Clearly the developers were inspired by narrative adventures like Uncharted for this kind of storytelling, and the gameplay even feels similar at times with chase and climbing sequences.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

If you’re consistent with your goals, the more Dora the Explorer–style adventures your bird can go on.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

“Whatever adventures our journey holds, we are safer together than apart,” Penelope thought as the conductor helped them one by one onto the train.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Bruce: We were as basic as we could be, talking about something we’ve never fully adventured into, and rightly so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

“That’s precisely why I had Emet-Selch take on the role of chiding like, ‘What’s with that lonely look, as though you know and have adventured through everything there is to see in the world?

From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2022

On the one hand, he tells us, the annals are haunted by “those who almost adventured, who almost achieved, but ultimately, for them, it proved to be too much.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

I’m not sure Dave will be around in a year or two when I’m all adventured out.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2020

George Marston, the official artist of the expedition, had adventured in the Antarctic with Shackleton, too.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

A self-described B-student, he spent his childhood adventuring in the wilderness near his hometown of Seattle, and as a kid had preferred skiing to YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

In “Delicious in Dungeon,” a ragtag adventuring crew makes hot pot out of man-eating mushrooms.

From Salon ● May 12, 2025

One date turned into three years of adventuring, monthly travels, new restaurants, cities, family weddings and concerts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2025

Mr Deen added that Jeremiah liked football, exploring and adventuring, and that the family would not dwell on the sadness, but would "focus on how happy he made us in his life".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024

He lets Scoob navigate the whole trip from his map, and they make the same stops so Dad can see all Scoob and G’ma got up to on their adventuring.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone