wayfaring

Example Sentences

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Like many Pittsfield folks, I’m inspired by the wayfaring spirit of Herman Melville, who wrote “Moby-Dick” in my hometown.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Like many wayfaring hopefuls, Adam Clark Vroman, an ex-railroad worker, bibliophile and photographer, was lured to California by its sense of possibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Lanky and silver-haired, Mr. Waller looked the part of the handsome wayfaring stranger, going so far as to say, “Of course I’m Robert Kincaid. Just look at me.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017

“I appreciate the policy—and indeed respect the wisdom behind it—of not allowing every wayfaring scholar, not to mention dabblers and rank amateurs, to sift through the Justice’s papers,” Kluger wrote.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2014

“That’ll be good enough at a pinch,” said Bigwig, munching clover and sniffing at the fallen bloom from a wayfaring tree.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams