vagrant

Example Sentences

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"I won't have to be a vagrant anymore."

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

He’s a vagrant by definition — a man with no job, no paper trail or online presence.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2024

Research has demonstrated that the long-term impact of a single avian vagrant can in fact, be ecologically profound.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Even the vagrant rays of sunlight that manage to peek through are shrouded in crepuscular gloom.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022

The rich people pressed enough cash into someone’s hands to keep it lush and vagrant free, and a new, all-American bandstand stood whitewashed against the greenery at the back of the property.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx