vagrant

Example Sentences

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"I won't have to be a vagrant anymore."

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

He’s a vagrant by definition — a man with no job, no paper trail or online presence.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2024

“Where once it owned the continent, it’s now a kind of vagrant, occupying the botanical equivalent of homeless encampments.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

On the run, he became a vagrant urinating in public, sometimes disguising himself as a mute woman.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022

I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer