meandering

Example Sentences

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Instead it sent him on empty assignments, like meandering the vacuous desert sprawl.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

At the start of his one hour and 12 minute meandering address, President Trump boasted that at home "people are very happy with me".

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

In long, meandering speeches laced with peasant folklore, Museveni often appeals for more time, likening himself to a farmer leaving a plantation just as it starts bearing fruit.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

But before you can soak in Santa Barbara County’s highly popular Montecito Hot Springs, you’ll need to hike a little over a mile uphill, threading your way among boulders, oaks and a meandering creek.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

I nodded in the direction of the scattered pigs that were meandering through the trees.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss