meander

Example Sentences

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This month’s Rafale deal is symptomatic of the historic Indian tendency to meander on defense modernization, Sameer Lalwani, an expert on the Indian military at the German Marshall Fund, says in a phone interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Guiraudie avoids urgency at all costs, letting his characters meander through the woods and have entire conversations that have nothing to do with Jérémie’s sexuality at all.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

It’s like a river that once flowed relatively straight has begun to meander more wildly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

Kids stay up late, ice cream becomes a food group and people are out and about, undergirded by an unspoken permission to meander through the days.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

“Are you and me out for a meander, Aunt Kitty?”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan