wanderer

Example Sentences

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Around 1897 Rasputin left home and took on the life of a strannik, or wanderer in search of God.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He’s a wanderer in a Bruckner forest — sometimes lost and being lost, newly in awe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

In his maqāma, Ibn al-Wardi personifies the plague as a mischievous wanderer who brings death to one region after another over a 15-year journey.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

A self-described wanderer, he has lived in Phoenix on and off for about 20 years.

From Scientific American • Jul. 17, 2023

Maniac drifted from hour to hour, day to day, alone with his memories, a stunned and solitary wanderer.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli