wanderer

Example Sentences

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In 1871, a Harper’s magazine article, based on pioneers’ reminiscences, created the legend of a humble, seed-scattering, barefoot wanderer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Lezhneva’s enthralling Pleasure acted as a kind of ghost, a haunted wanderer seeking her own validation rather than victims.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

When a lost wanderer on a four-wheeler comes looking for directions, however, Beth flees with Helena on the vehicle to the police, leading to Jacob’s arrest.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2023

The histone acetyltransferase MOF, an enzyme and a classical epigenetic regulator, is such a wanderer between these two worlds.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023

He had the air of an aristocrat and as he turned to gaze at Blackberry from his great brown eyes, Hazel began to see himself as a ragged wanderer, leader of a gang of vagabonds.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams