wanderer

Example Sentences

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They are all wanderers, after all, whose luck and persistence had brought them there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Using a rich, bold palette, he depicted Islamic astronomers, philosophers, and desert wanderers with the same kinetic lines that defined his Indian art, but in warmer, earthen ochres reflecting the Gulf's landscape.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Often those wanderers end up dying, Tom tells Robbie, who doesn’t appreciate the metaphor.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2025

They policed their land against squatters, surveyors and casual wanderers, and built their own wharf as the rest of L.A. watched and wondered.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

But in the wild lands beyond Bree there were mysterious wanderers.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien