wayward
Example Sentences
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Analysts brushed off the chance the strike was a case of accidential targeting or some drones gone wayward.
From Barron's
“It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over” centers on a wayward traveler in a post-apocalyptic, decaying landscape.
From Los Angeles Times
The identity of her father is unknown, but she aches for her mother who, as a wayward teenager, quickly handed off newborn Annie to her grandmother before disappearing from their lives.
In recent months, the King has been treading a balancing act in dealing with his wayward brother.
From BBC
Dotting the shoreline is a bleak expanse of detritus: timeworn pumps, tottering derricks, wayward cranes and aging pipelines.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
