wayfarers

Example Sentences

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After 14 desperate days, the wayfarers surrendered to indigenous members of the tiny island of Tobi, who claimed them as slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

They were free, but visitors to what was sort of a one-stop office for spaced-out foreign wayfarers without cash or credit cards were asked to make a donation.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2021

“They don’t want what we want, but as Muslims we must accept wayfarers, especially if they come to help.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2015

But in the Rio Grande Valley, a porous frontier traveled by illicit wayfarers throughout history, the new influx of children and parents from Central America has been most immediately a reason to get to work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2014

They reach toward Enrique and his fellow wayfarers on top of their rolling freight cars.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario