wanderer

Example Sentences

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It helped establish a popular theme among modern-day troubadours with its tale of a lonely and destitute wanderer far from home “with a dollar in my hand, and an aching in my heart.”

From Los Angeles Times

Among the “defects” of others on the survey were wanderer, illiterate, feeble-minded, liar, deserted husband, town pauper, obstinate, alcoholic and bearer of stillborn twins.

From Seattle Times

Titles such as The Homeless Wanderer, Mother's Love and Homesickness hinted at what was on her mind.

From BBC

They arrived at a new name, Caine, with its layers of meaning: as a brother in arms to Wick’s Abel; as nod to David Carradine’s “Kung Fu” wanderer — and reclamation of Bruce Lee’s reported exclusion from the role; and in the literal sense, the personification of his epee-like weapon of choice.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Blake’s character, called “Mystery Man” in the credits, is an ashen-faced wanderer seen as a manifestation of the killer’s mind and guilt.

From Washington Post