wan·der·ing
ˈwän-d(ə-)riŋ 
1
: a going about from place to place
—often used in plural
2
: movement away from the proper, normal, or usual course or place
—often used in plural
Examples of wandering in a Sentence
Adjective
your decidedly wandering essay loses its punch—stick to one theme
a wandering carnival that visited small towns all over the South
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Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
The wandering solar system body was later classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) owing to its size/brightness and orbit, which give it the potential to one day make a threateningly close approach to Earth.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
The caravan experience appealed to Bella, not because of the wandering but, rather, because Cuthbertson offered structure.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
In tandem with our wandering, deeper and deeper goes our conversation.
—Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
The wandering solar system body was later classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) owing to its size/brightness and orbit, which give it the potential to one day make a threateningly close approach to Earth.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
This enclosure of our physical wandering is now mirrored in capitalist technology’s latest enclosure of our thinking routes.
—Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
The caravan experience appealed to Bella, not because of the wandering but, rather, because Cuthbertson offered structure.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Wandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wandering. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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wandering
1 of 2 adjective
wan·der·ing
ˈwän-də-riŋ
: floating
a wandering spleen
wandering
2 of 2 noun
: movement of a tooth out of its normal position especially as a result of periodontal disease
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