wandering

[US]/'wɒnd(ə)rɪŋ/
[UK]/'wɑndərɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. roaming; lost in thought; winding
n. roaming; daze

Phrases & Collocations

wandering soul

wander off

wander about

wander from

baseline wander

Example Sentences

the wandering course of a stream

avoid wandering off on tangents

Whither are we wandering?

wandering about with no place to go.

she found her wandering the streets.

an hour of this wandering wore out Lampard's patience.

At length, weary with wandering, they fell asleep.

They perceived a stranger wandering in the garden.

I felt my attention wandering during the lecture.

Don’t go wandering all over the house!

tales of medieval knights errant, wandering in search of chivalrous adventures

She was supposed to be speaking about sales figures, but she kept wandering off the subject.

I had ten hours to wait in Rome, so I whiled away the time wandering around the museums.

69 A covey of hags poses as a trio of wandering halflings, and their crimes are blamed on a Halfling community.

We've lost our way and I am sure we are wandering in a circle.We started from that old dead tree there and have come back to it.

By then, people could not believe my own eyes, many Members on the spot to tears, wandering saint Bonaventure obviously hungry, eat the food on one.

Quiet redirection subsequently issues from the bassoons, which take up the wandering piano-theme, while the piano itself goes over into a pp semiquaver accompaniment.

Real-world Examples

A wandering mind leaves us vulnerable when driving.

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But there are dozens of mammal species still wandering the park today.

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21. The wandering band abandoned her bandaged husband on Swan Island.

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I spent so much time just wandering around in the sunshine, you know?

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After following him for a minute, the girls thought he was just wandering around.

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It had been wandering about among the straw.

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One is serendipity- the sense of wandering between artworks and encountering the unexpected.

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“It's not safe to go wandering around dark corridors these days.”

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

She said you found her wandering around.

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He looked happy to be back in this familiar place, scene of so many adolescent wanderings.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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