stray

Example Sentences

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Speaking to Sky Sports' Gary Neville, the defender warned opinions sometimes strayed into "clickbait, saying things to provoke things, and without thinking about the repercussions for the mental side of players".

From BBC

“When you were four, you named your teddy bear Beary. And last year, when that stray cat kept coming into our yard, you named her Patches.”

From Literature

The first was straying from the subject for almost half his speech.

From The Wall Street Journal

If a chicken strayed too close to the cooking pot, his tale was about a reckless chicken.

From Literature

The group's peace dog Aloka, a former stray from India that has accompanied the monks on the trip, has also become a celebrity in its own right.

From Barron's