wandering
Example Sentences
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Rapid-response teams—made up of locals riding motorcycles and armed with firecrackers and devices that spray chili-pepper irritants—try to steer wandering elephants back into protected areas.
A mountain lion seen wandering the streets of San Francisco over the weekend was finally spotted and captured early Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times
Manning Beef made national headlines in 2021 when a small herd of cattle escaped through an open gate and went for a nighttime stroll, wandering more than a mile away into a residential neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times
“They don’t like that—us wandering off on our own.”
From Literature
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But as darkness falls after a long day of wandering in the rain, the cat eagerly waits for her owner to walk through the door.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.