adventurer

Example Sentences

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An adventurer until the end, Whittaker died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Wash., his son Leif confirmed to the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

I once asked James Cameron, the director and adventurer, why we should travel to Mars and such places.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Popular images, such as the fearless adventurer, powerful fighter and skilled seafarer, have become familiar.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

At its head was Frederick Funston, an adventurer who had fought with the Cuban rebels before America joined the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Traditional histories like to equate Beethoven, the colossus of music in the early 1800s, with his contemporary Napoleon Bonaparte, revolutionary-turned-Emperor and serial military adventurer.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall