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
• This ocelot is the seventh to roam Arizona in the last 20 years.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
• The dinosaurs can roam the planet after the events in the first two movies.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Feb. 2022
• Both bovine species now roam freely throughout the refuge.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• But Jews no longer roam the streets of George Town, and haven’t in large numbers for decades.
  — Jordyn Haime, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2021
• 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
• Weigh all the creatures that roam the sea, and a striking balance emerges.
  — Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2022
• 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
• But does that simply mean an open door in a barn or acres of green pastures to roam?
  — Chris Mohr, Phd, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Nov. 2021
• 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
• While Palmer remains in jail without bond, Francis is free to roam.
  — Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
• The premise of The Message would appear to be even more callous: this ragtag trio roam the countryside with a little girl who can commune with animals, alive or dead.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 17 Mar 2025