roving

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

This has always been true for the television crews and roving journalists, leveraging every last angle they can find as the leads dry up.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

As a roving correspondent, he did … well, some serious roving.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

They were far less menacing than the roving patrols of soldiers and police officers that were ubiquitous in France.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Despite the U.S. intervention, presaged by aircraft carriers roving the Caribbean this fall and attacks on accused drug-trafficking boats, some investors cautioned that Venezuela’s future is still highly uncertain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Anyway, I’m still really sad that you’re no longer roving, but it’s hard to feel sad about anything for too long because then I remember Mom is okay, and that makes everything feel better.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga