wander

Example Sentences

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He left to pursue business opportunities in Mexico but, due to a hurricane, somehow ended up in Chile, spent a year wandering north toward America, and then scored an internship in Colombia.

From Los Angeles Times

Teddy wanders off toward the cookie tray with Dad’s phone, and Dad says, “Be right back” and scrambles to follow.

From Literature

We also could have done without Sykes’ wander through the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which looks like a cross between a sci-fi biodome, a Madame Tussauds exhibit and a Best Buy.

From Salon

When it resumed years later, visitors were once again "wandering around on the wrong paths" with no oversight.

From Barron's

The wandering narrative works because Mr. Hertling’s journal holds firm as the book’s center and essence.

From The Wall Street Journal