vagrant

Example Sentences

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He served four years, but on his release he had no family, friends or place to live, so he became a vagrant.

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

Even the vagrant rays of sunlight that manage to peek through are shrouded in crepuscular gloom.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022

For a moment, I took him for a vagrant, but then I saw he was just some local fellow enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine, and saw no reason not to comply.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro