peregrinate

Example Sentences

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Regardless of how they get there, they seem to peregrinate in a fog, for which they can hardly be blamed: In Brighton Beach, questions are deeply frowned upon, then ignored.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2018

Having those moments to pause and peregrinate keeps us nimble for the duration — and I can only imagine how salutary they are for the cast.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2017

I go there on the 10th to remain till May; but I am sorry to say I see little hope of my being able to peregrinate to far Provence—all benignant though your invitation be.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

I sometimes go to Windsor, and the very next one I shall peregrinate over to Eton on the chance of a sight of his portrait.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry

He is too picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, As it were too peregrinate, as I may call it.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore