WENDING Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

wending

verb

Definition of wending next

present participle of wend

as in proceeding

literary to move from one place to another We wended through the narrow streets.

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Recent Examples of wending Simon Stone’s production, which originated at the Aix-en Provence Festival in 2021 and moved on to the San Francisco Opera before wending its way to the Met, delivers the score in a tight package of high-intensity choreography and effectively restrained scenery. —

Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026 Scattered through the book is a catalog of trinkets collected by Helm, wending through eight storylines exploring the effect of matter around us, and our effect on matter. —

The Know, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 This confusion lay in the speech’s weaving, wending contradictions, and its shifts between tones, something Foster purposefully aimed for in telling the story of her life from child stardom to adult disaffection. —

Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026

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Hundreds of miles downriver from the Big Bend, in the Rio Grande Valley, wall construction has been proceeding at a rapid pace, threatening areas—a historic chapel, a wildlife refuge, a state park, the National Butterfly Center—that had previously been protected by Congress.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
This microburst pattern often repeats dialogue in slightly shifting variations, the story proceeding along in a choppy cadence.

— Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 13 May 2026