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Example sentences for "wander"

Lexicographically close words:
wampum; wan; wance; wanchee; wand; wandered; wanderer; wanderers; wanderest; wandereth
  1. She was about to wander once more into the open air, when her attention was caught and held by a face.

  2. She watched the darting rocket cars as they flashed across the sky, followed the course of an airplane by its spark of light, allowed her mind to wander for an instant to Jeanne and her problems.

  3. She allowed her eyes to wander once more over the magnificent spectacle that lay before her.

  4. My thoughts wander from one to another, my pen runs on by fits and starts; I do not know what to say, and yet cannot put an end to my letter.

  5. A man may found a political party, and live to see it wander far from the ideal which he had framed.

  6. In the hands of a master, action does not wander from intent.

  7. This he conceives as being just large enough to enable them to get along, to give them a chance to wander and experiment, but sufficiently small to penalize them for not settling down to the accustomed social routines.

  8. In adult life, few people care to go to theater or concert alone, and a man at a club will wander half through the dining-room until he will find some one with whom he will feel like sitting through a dinner conversation.

  9. Never doubt it; and love in abundance, to wander with thee all the world over.

  10. I did know him; and thereupon, seeing him wander about, took him up for a stray, and impounded him, with intention to restore him to the right owner.

  11. It was round Esthwaite that the boy used to wander with a friend at early dawn, rejoicing in the charm of words in tuneful order, and repeating together their favourite verses, till "sounds of exultation echoed through the groves.

  12. It leads you to wander away in a false garb from all the obligations of your place and name.

  13. In vain will you wander over the earth; you will be wandering forever away from the right.

  14. Sometimes he would wander about in search of nails and spikes for the boat, or gather sticks for the fire, but never out of hail, and never beyond the watchful eyes of his friend.

  15. He decided, however, it was safer not to wander too far from the Hospice de la Providence.

  16. With the great wide sea for a playground, they wander for a time at will, warmed by the glorious sun, feeding on the delicious meats to be found at the surface, for which their humble sisters at home must stretch their arms in vain.

  17. Most earnestly he entreated that the Lord of his life, the Guide of his spirit, would not let him go forth to wander there.

  18. The listening look passed out of the eyes; and yet they did not wander once from the speaker's face.

  19. But now, see the slow and loosely-gathered bands wander back, just as quickly as the weakest feel strength to travel, and without any force or any guidance save that of their Almighty, Unseen Shepherd.

  20. But shall I go mourne for that (my deere) the pale Moone shines by night: And when I wander here, and there I then do most go right.

  21. No Messenger but thine, and all alone, to night Wee'l wander through the streets, and note The qualities of people.

  22. With Caine go wander through the shade of night, And neuer shew thy head by day, nor light.

  23. Farewell till then: I will goe loose my selfe, And wander vp and downe to view the Citie E.

  24. No great King: I come to thee for charitable License, That we may wander ore this bloody field, To booke our dead, and then to bury them, To sort our Nobles from our common men.

  25. The fellow is distract, and so am I, And here we wander in illusions: Some blessed power deliuer vs from hence.

  26. I dreamt to night, that I did feast with Caesar, And things vnluckily charge my Fantasie: I haue no will to wander foorth of doores, Yet something leads me foorth 1.

  27. Oh wert thou for my selfe: but Suffolke stay, Thou mayest not wander in that Labyrinth, There Minotaurs and vgly Treasons lurke, Solicite Henry with her wonderous praise.

  28. Madam, you wander from the good We ayme at Qu.

  29. If he does not appear again all this week, then his spirit has no longer power to wander from the body, and if he is lost to me, why should I wander about in the spirit seeking him in vain?

  30. In the daytime I wander to and fro on the earth, and inhabit by turns the bodies of such men whose natural propensities are in harmony with my own.

  31. Beheaded for my crimes in this world, I wander nightly round this spot, the scene of my infamy.

  32. After I left the church I was shown the dead of the Lucy family, and obtained permission to wander over the grounds.

  33. Her suggestion was that some night they drive around the broken walls of the Coliseum and afterwards wander about inside the Forum Romanum.

  34. There is a great deal more to the story, of course; afterwards Psyche and Cupid quarreled and for many years she had to wander around the world performing difficult tasks before being reunited with her love again.

  35. But Pelle buried his face in the clothes, and when his father turned it up toward him, he met a despairing, uncomprehending gaze that made his own wander restlessly round the room.

  36. When he first came he used to wander about on the heath and do nothing, just as she did; so it was hardly to be wondered at that he got into trouble and had to marry her.

  37. That's why they have to wander all over the world now, and sell flannel and needles, and such-like; and they always cheat wherever they go.

  38. As for us, we have no desire for the joys of this world; our dream is of the plains of heaven and the heavenly suns, in whose light we shall wander with long wings upon our shoulders.

  39. Sundays were the longest days of all, days when he was forced to idleness and weary thoughts; nothing to do but wander about over the place, counting up all that should have been done.

  40. Tough and irrepressible was Oline; did her work, and found time to wander over to neighbours here or there for a real good gossip.

  41. The words of the chorus were: "He never cares to wander from his own fireside, He never cares to wander or to roam.

  42. But the eye that had learned to wander at sunset across the Seminary “yard” to the window blazing in gold and glory, had slowly unlearned the lesson of its brief and pleasant habit.

  43. He did not wander that night, but watched her face whenever he was not asleep.

  44. And if our thoughts should wander upon sorrow, Yet hope will wait upon the far-off morrow.

  45. No, there I cannot, dare not go; Pale women wander there; With cold fire murderous eyeballs glow; And children see despair.

  46. And o'er the years that follow soon, So all unlike the dreams, Wander their odours, gleams their moon, And flow their winds and streams.

  47. How shall I feel when first I wander out?

  48. And the hues of the flowers grow deeper, Till they dye her very brain; And their scents, like the soul of a sleeper, Wander and waver and rain.

  49. A prefect does not have to answer his name at roll; he can wander round the studies without leave during hall.

  50. The fact that the milder cases were allowed to wander about the country might seem to be dangerous, but is not so serious as is ordinarily thought.

  51. He insists, however, that while it was his poetic soul and love for the stars that tempted him to allow his thoughts to wander so frequently into the realm of the celestial bodies, his interest was always profoundly scientific.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wander" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    babble; bum; daydream; depart; deviate; digress; diverge; dote; dream; drift; drivel; err; fantasy; flit; hike; jaunt; journey; knock; lapse; meander; migrate; mill; mooch; moon; muse; prowl; rage; ramble; range; rant; rave; roam; rove; saunter; slaver; slip; slobber; snake; sprawl; straggle; stray; stroll; stumble; swerve; tramp; traverse; trip; twist; vagabond; wander; wayfare; wind


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    wander about; wandered about; wandered lonely; wandering about