adventurer

Example Sentences

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And he was very much an adventurer, right?

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

The return of Donald Campbell's Bluebird to the spot where the adventurer set his first water speed world record 70 years ago is "humbling", his daughter says.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

I journeyed with John Carter, gentleman adventurer from Virginia, to “Bar- soom,” as Mars was known to its inhabitants.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan