strayed
Example Sentences
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Instead, it strayed off course and eventually reached its final resting place on the moon’s surface.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
All in all I came up with about 50 songs, many of which strayed away from the original concept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Brought up a Catholic, Gannon-Doak admits he "strayed away from it" for a while, before "hearing God call me, with an urge to get back into it".
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
“Try doing a run behind a garbage truck,” the stepdad exhorted, setting Mr. Paré-Poupart on a course from which he’s never strayed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He had neither strayed from his balcony nor opened a newspaper since Independence, but in spite of this fact, or maybe because of it, his opinions were always highly esteemed.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
