stray

Example Sentences

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She strayed for recent trips to Iceland and Tenerife, Spain, because Costco didn’t have what she wanted but is back and shopping for a Europe trip for spring break next year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or are you looking to stray away from the conventional eats and make something unique?

From Salon

In a statement on Friday, Eritrea's foreign ministry said Igad had strayed from its founding principles and failed to contribute to regional stability.

From BBC

For many years, researchers believed they understood one of the central players: CENP-E, often described as a motor protein that hauled stray chromosomes toward the middle of the dividing cell.

From Science Daily

Jully Lee was brilliant as Hannah, the itinerant painter who turns up with her 97-year-old poet father at a Mexican seaside inn that is like a refuge for the world’s strays.

From Los Angeles Times