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

We kept it going for a minute before kids started to wander away toward food and games.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez