wanderer

Example Sentences

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They arrived at a new name, Caine, with its layers of meaning: as a brother in arms to Wick’s Abel; as nod to David Carradine’s “Kung Fu” wanderer — and reclamation of Bruce Lee’s reported exclusion from the role; and in the literal sense, the personification of his epee-like weapon of choice.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Blake’s character, called “Mystery Man” in the credits, is an ashen-faced wanderer seen as a manifestation of the killer’s mind and guilt.

From Washington Post

Presumably, Mam and Da want Cait, known as the Wanderer, out of their hair.

From Washington Post

For her single assignment, Devieilhe somehow transforms Schubert’s overexposed “Ave Maria” into an aria of emotional, rather than spiritual, absolution — allowing the wanderer, finally, to rest.

From New York Times

A college football wanderer might have happened in there here and there through the years, including September 1998 for the runaway bedlam of Tennessee upending the University of Florida at Steve Spurrier in overtime, a home coach’s wife exulting to the elevator because a visiting Gator missed a closing field goal.

From Washington Post