free as the wind
Example Sentences
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I was told that he ran away from home at the age of nine and lived free as the wind ever after.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She saw that John was scandalized at the way she had grown up on the island, running free as the wind in a world filled with sunshine.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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As we walk across Bando’s meadow, he whistles; I throw back my head, and, feeling free as the wind, breathe in the fresh mountain air.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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In a place where, as soon as we were teenagers, we’d have to cover our heads and hide ourselves from the boys who’d been our childhood playmates, we ran as free as the wind.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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That's right, make yourselves as comfortable as possible, and don't worry about earning your food, because it is as free as the wind that blows.
From The Minute Boys of Boston by Otis, James