Verb
We wended through the narrow streets.
We wended our way through the narrow streets.
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Yellow school buses wend their way through streets with familiar names like Johnson and McDonald.—Ines De La Cuetara, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025 Changing Wynwood neighborhood Serra navigated to the store from his Kendall home, wending his way through bumpy roadways under construction and leading into rapidly changing neighborhoods.—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025 Those plumes were slowly wending their way down to an aquifer that could affect all potable water in the Florida Keys.—airmail.news, 24 Feb. 2024 As the case wended its way through Brooklyn federal court, Ayende dropped out of the suit, forfeiting any settlement awards.—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wend
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English wendan; akin to Old High German wenten to turn, Old English windan to twist — more at wind entry 3
Noun
German Wende, from Old High German Winida; akin to Old English Winedas, plural, Wends
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