wanderer
Example Sentences
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Why she’s looking for Walter is unclear, but as she and Lyssa chat, another wanderer enters, Judith, who exchanges barbed dialogue with Quincy—and then invites her to join the brunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
The girl is a wanderer; the people in the car, a family.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
For that reason, if the signs are not pretty strong in a particular direction, it must be some dark stranger, some wanderer from the outside world where such things happen.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
