meandering

Example Sentences

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"Kank lived in a landscape of meandering rivers and streams with seasonal ponds, inhabited by aquatic plants such as water lilies and animals including fish, insects, and various molluscs," says Dr. Motta.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

And that’s important because, the author tells us, for our naturally “phantasmagoric” minds, the meandering state feeds our imaginations and stokes creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

There's a lot of flakiness in their make-up, possibly too many players spending too much time meandering through games.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

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

Thus for the next two days I kept to the forest, only now and then meandering off at short distances in search of food.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi