itinerant

Example Sentences

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Police have described the suspect as an "itinerant" worker who had travelled to Australia on multiple occasions between 2019 and 2024, and had addresses in the states of Victoria and New South Wales.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

“My folks had Stanford in mind for me, not an itinerant troubadour. But they could also clearly see that I was following my bliss.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

The military is perennially short on pilots, and what animates most young men and women to sign up certainly isn’t the pay or the itinerant lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Based on Guthrie’s 1943 autobiography and starring David Carradine as the itinerant, socially conscious musician, the movie was nominated for six Oscars, including picture, adapted screenplay and film editing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Barrel organists and other itinerant musicians would hang around the theatres, learn the tunes and make a living busking them in the street the next day.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall