meandering

Example Sentences

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Since then, the 79-year-old Republican has rarely missed an opportunity to discuss the project, frequently meandering in mid-speech on other topics to riff about the architectural details of the proposed facility.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

But this section is where the album drifts into mediocrity, with a handful of meandering, mid-tempo love songs that don't really add much to the overall package.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Today, after a meandering back and forth about the character, she admits, “I suppose I still need to gather my own point of view on her.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Instead it sent him on empty assignments, like meandering the vacuous desert sprawl.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

It had baked all afternoon on a table by a south-facing window in the library, and now three fine meandering lines in the glaze, converging like rivers in an atlas, were all that showed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan