- present participle of ramble.
rambling
Example Sentences
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In rural Holguín province, about 420 miles east of Havana, she visited Castro’s childhood home, a rambling wooden farmhouse that is now a national monument and museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
During the war, he baffled international negotiators with rambling diatribes on Serbian history.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The event itself is designed for these kinds of rambling discussions and unfettered hot takes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
“It was not possible for me to imagine a solution to the level of fragmentation, pain, and dysfunction I saw,” she writes, leaving readers without much justification for having followed her rambling, idiosyncratic quest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The magic square? You had me stumped with the flamingo theater. I was like, what in the world is a—” Emily’s brain caught up with her rambling mouth.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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