How to Use roam in a Sentence

roam

verb

• She liked to roam through the woods.
• He roamed about in search of work.
• Goats roam free on the mountain.
• The chickens are able to roam around freely in the farmyard.
• The cattle roamed in search of water.
• We roamed around town for a while before dinner.
• Moose, deer, elk, and, yes, brown and black bears roam the same trail.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
• The wolves, part of the Wedge pack, roam the northeast part of the state in Stevens County.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2022
• Plants tend to spread by runners so give it room to roam.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2022
• The inmates are free to roam, play foosball and video games, and munch on canapés.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 20 June 2022
• Also, keep a look out for the ghost-white cat named Blanche roaming the grounds.
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
• Farmers are afraid to plant their crops or take their herds out to roam.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• The creatures wore bells and were permitted to roam free in the streets to forage.
  — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
• Beyond that, leafy suburbs give way to the Adelaide Hills, where koalas roam, and to the sea.
  — Emily Pennington, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
• Goats roam freely on the island, to the delight of visitors.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 3 July 2023
• And then, when feeling cooped up at home, there are the 12 acres of the Pleasure Gardens to roam around in.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
• Ten acres of meadows and forest leave plenty of room for the mind to roam.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• My hands freely roamed his body but always made their way back to his ass.
  — Zachary Zane, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
• With no fans around, the drones had room to roam and could provide uniquely up-close footage.
  — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 13 June 2022
• This is the same wild dragon that has been roaming the land, leaving scorch marks on the ground to mark its prey.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
• Sue Freeman, 70, of Venice, has a chain-link fence to keep her dog from roaming.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
• The idea that Haitians are roaming the streets kidnapping pets seems to have emerged from Vance’s state of Ohio.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024
• About two hours away from Salt Lake City, out in the sprawling desert, bands of wild mares and stallions roam free.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
• Most of the dogs love roaming around by themselves, but there's no doubt which breed likes to be around the staff at all times.
  — Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
• Over the fall and winter, dogs are invited to come to roam throughout the day as well.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2022
• The secret is out and about, roaming and hiding until the very end.
  — Joshunda Sanders, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• As the room filled up, artists such as Chappell Roan roamed the room in hooved shoes, greeting fans and friends.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
• On this day, there is plenty of room to roam around the boat, which has a capacity of 500.
  — Reed Parsell, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• The atoms in this liquid metallic hydrogen are squeezed so tightly that its electrons are free to roam.
  — Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
• On this bounty of land roams a farm cat, a large-breed guardian dog, four Muscovies and two Indian runner ducks that splash in a swimming pool near a quaint duck house.
  — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024