wanderlust

Example Sentences

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He draws on the photographer’s diaries and autobiography to portray his subject as a gentle-souled adventurer, driven into a peripatetic life by wanderlust and financial necessity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

It encouraged wanderlust as Sal and Dean traveled across the country, indulging in their freedoms and desires with almost reckless abandon.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025

Watts's main advice for readers with a similar wanderlust is to consider travelling further afield.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

The annual expression of wanderlust is happening at a time when Americans tell pollsters they are worried about the economy and the direction of the country.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

Zeitoun had gone on to work on ships without Ahmad, too, seeing most of the world in a ten-year period of wanderlust that eventually brought him to New Orleans and to his life with Kathy.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers