adventurer

Example Sentences

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The scheme was thought up by adventurer and financier William Paterson.

From The Wall Street Journal

Popular images, such as the fearless adventurer, powerful fighter and skilled seafarer, have become familiar.

From Science Daily

For many of us, Harrison Ford was a staple of our childhood, the dashing space rogue, the dashing archelogy professor/adventurer.

From Salon

Hoping to gain a reputation as “fearless adventurers,” Digman and his crew face constant peril on their various excavation missions.

From New York Times

The 41-year-old Edinburgh adventurer suffered frost nip in his hands and feet during the icy row, which became excruciating on arriving home.

From BBC