wayfarers

Example Sentences

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After 14 desperate days, the wayfarers surrendered to indigenous members of the tiny island of Tobi, who claimed them as slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

They were free, but visitors to what was sort of a one-stop office for spaced-out foreign wayfarers without cash or credit cards were asked to make a donation.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2021

For countless wayfarers, the suggestion is clear: surrender to the impulse for velocity and kick up a little more dust, pedal toward the floor, along an undulating desert terrain that beckons swiftness.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2014

Claude Bonnefond’s “Pilgrims Arriving at Rome During the Jubilee,” with emoting wayfarers in medieval robes, is a souvenir of that upmarket time.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2013

Because there were few inns, the monasteries were open for the entertainment of wayfarers, rich and poor alike.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli