wayfaring

Example Sentences

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This brought an end to his independent, wayfaring phase.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2021

Although silks might be best known for their roles in web-building, they can also be used to lure mates, protect eggs or even help wayfaring spiders hitch a ride on a passing breeze.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2020

Lanky and silver-haired, Mr. Waller looked the part of the handsome wayfaring stranger, going so far as to say, “Of course I’m Robert Kincaid. Just look at me.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017

“I appreciate the policy—and indeed respect the wisdom behind it—of not allowing every wayfaring scholar, not to mention dabblers and rank amateurs, to sift through the Justice’s papers,” Kluger wrote.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2014

I soon discovered that if a wayfaring stranger wishes to eavesdrop on a local population the places for him to slip in and hold his peace are bars and churches.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck