How to Use wander in a Sentence

wander

verb
  • They wandered down the street.
  • He wandered away from the trail and got lost.
  • I was just wandering around the house.
  • Students were wandering the halls.
  • On cool days, the cows wander down to the grassy flatlands.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2022
  • The two-year-old son of one of his dead soldiers wanders about.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Secure your yard, so the dog can’t wander away and get lost.
    Jan Hoffman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • At times, children wander the school or aides sleep in chairs.
    Mike Reicher, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2022
  • While the park sat as a ghost town, the equipment that wasn’t auctioned off wandered off.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The little ones can wander the paths in costume and learn about some cool creepy crawlies in the world around us.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Clara and her Nutcracker Prince wander into the Land of the Sweets.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Not the live penguin who gets shipped to the hotel and keeps wandering around.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
  • What to do: After your kayak journey, wander through the ruins of the key.
    Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Video footage showed the man wandered off, a Krekorian aide told The Times.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
  • We were born to daydream, to drift, to create, to wonder and to wander.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 20 Feb. 2023
  • As the boys wander through the shop, Grimes points to a skinny kid in sunglasses.
    Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2022
  • The moral of the story is never wander into a swamp again.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • As Venus and Uranus square off, your eyes are wandering.
    USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Let your mind wander: daydream and see where your thoughts take you.
    Quora, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • When a chill starts to fill the air, minds start to wander to someplace warmer and tropical.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • To save space, give them a trellis of some kind to climb, otherwise the vines wander all over the place.
    Dean Kuipers, Outside Online, 8 May 2022
  • Maybe my wife has a point about letting my mind wander.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • Wilson wandered off alone and spent a while looking out to sea.
    Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Split your list in half and race to see who can finish it first, or just wander the aisles hand-in-hand. Learn a new skill.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Some bucks might wander 5 to 8 miles or more, while others move 2 miles or less.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Barbara Doyle, 74, wandered away and was found dead in a wooded area.
    Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Santa and elves will wander through the market each day.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The best thing about cornhole is that anyone can grab a challenger and wander over to start a game.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Perfect for dashing through the airport and wandering around town.
    Erinne Magee, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
  • People wander around and try to capture Pokémon using their smartphones.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024

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