meandering

Example Sentences

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Since then, the 79-year-old Republican has rarely missed an opportunity to discuss the project, frequently meandering in mid-speech on other topics to riff about the architectural details of the proposed facility.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

“The Housemaid” stumbles, and it doesn’t help that Sweeney spends much of the film meandering throughout its narrative like a piece of driftwood that keeps washing back onto the shore.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 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 the distance was a ravine and, at the bottom, a meandering creek.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann