wander off
Example Sentences
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He would suddenly wander off during a dinner given in his honor or appear at a dress ball in everyday clothes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Did he wander off during the oil executive meeting because he’s having attentional issues or because he was just bored?
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
“Even if you just play for two minutes,” he says, “it brings you back down, puts your feet on the ground” — and it lets Mortensen’s imagination wander off into some new world.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024
Family members chat in German, wander off, attend to children and soak up the sun.
From New York Times • May 20, 2023
Normally it’s off limits for lunch because there’s no gate, and I guess they think kids would just wander off.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
