wander away

Example Sentences

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Despite their differing diagnoses, both of her loved ones share a common symptom: They are prone to wander away from home, and have cognitive impairments that make it hard to find their way back.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

They suggest that, much like humans with dementia who sometimes wander away from familiar places, dolphins might also become disoriented due to a form of Alzheimer's-like disease.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2025

Then he tried to “elope” — or wander away, a common occurrence among children with autism — 11 times, the report says.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2022

After he received Mr. Hemstreet’s text on Saturday, Mr. Swanson pulled into a neighbor’s yard to head off the herd, which had already started to wander away.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2021

This time, before your mind can calculate the answer it will wander away down the street with the child, dancing to the African music that has gone away and come home changed.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver