aimlessly
Example Sentences
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The 21-year-old tanker sailed aimlessly for more than a month, according to ship-tracking data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
And, as Dreier points out, spacecraft would be “left to tumble aimlessly in space” and billions wasted that have already been spent.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025
But the hard-liners have not merely been idle bystanders, whining aimlessly as they get outvoted.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2024
Ulster showing intent, but it's all a bit panicked looking as Nathan Doak kicks aimlessly from the halfway and Montpellier clear to safety.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024
I wandered aimlessly, staring at strange face after strange face.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.