divagate

Example Sentences

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So does a child's balloon divagate upon the currents of the air, and touch, and slide off again from every obstacle.

From Across the Plains by Stevenson, Robert Louis

But when they had sat down, Julius was little inclined to divagate into an account of his travels.

From Master of His Fate by Cobban, J. Mclaren

If it can be done in prose - that is the puzzle - I divagate again.

From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

So does a child’s balloon divagate upon the currents of the air, and touch and slide off again from every obstacle.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

If it can be done in prose—that is the puzzle—I divagate again.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis