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- noun Plural form of
wander . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
wander .
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Examples
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For now, Bernardin wanders the streets because she has no home or money.
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Furthermore, if Maugham's mind quickly wanders from a thing of beauty, is this not from a lack of stillness, an inability to be in the moment?
Irritalin L. Lee Lowe 2009
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Still, if one wanders from the trail far enough and deviously enough, he may chance upon a few thousand square miles which he may have all to himself.
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Barack Obama poses for the cover of a 1960s soul album, while John McCain wanders the outer reaches of the stage:
‘Daily Show’ Debate Coverage: Hey, Grandpa (McCain) … Where Are You Going? | Disinformation 2008
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In fact, they are all ways in which your attention wanders from the purpose of healing, the only worthwhile work there is.
FORGIVENESS Maggie Jochild 2007
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The problem with the male hysteric is that his phallus wanders from the prescribed circuits of ownership and exchange.
Patriarchal Fantasy and the Fecal Child in Mary Shelley's _Frankenstein_ and its Adaptations 2003
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Still, if one wanders from the trail far enough and deviously enough, he may chance upon a few thousand square miles which he may have all to himself.
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Is it not a natural instinct, that if one falls, he rises again; if one turns away (that is, wanders from the way), he will return to the point from which he wandered?
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The eyes wanders from the cathedral to the house of Cortes (the Monte Pio), and from thence to a range of fine buildings with lofty arcades to the west.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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There are actually pages of this drivel, where Yuri No, I don't even know if that is a real Bulgarian name wanders around his village trying to earn an extra lev.
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