wander away
Example Sentences
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Despite their differing diagnoses, both of her loved ones share a common symptom: They are prone to wander away from home, and have cognitive impairments that make it hard to find their way back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
They suggest that, much like humans with dementia who sometimes wander away from familiar places, dolphins might also become disoriented due to a form of Alzheimer's-like disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2025
Don’t put your coffee cup near election materials, or let voters wander away with the pens.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
“After they learned what they needed to do they would do it over and over again, until, an hour later, they were done eating and would just wander away from us.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2022
In tonal music, just about any melody is allowed, as long as it fits into the harmonies as they wander away from and then head back to their home base.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
