wander away
Example Sentences
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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
Characters wander away for bizarre stretches of time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
Then he tried to “elope” — or wander away, a common occurrence among children with autism — 11 times, the report says.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 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
I would often wander away from the children’s games, tiptoe through the women’s quarters, and join the men.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
