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Verb
We wended through the narrow streets.
We wended our way through the narrow streets.
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Prewar inequalities wend themselves through the military like a poison, corroding combat power before a shot is even fired.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022
Advertisement While the freeway’s fate wended through years of court and political hearings, the transportation agency rented some houses while allowing others to remain vacant and fall into disrepair.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
Here, the location becomes increasingly fog-laden and soggy as this sci-fi comedy wends toward apocalyptic, psychosexual mayhem.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
Carnes’s voice, an Iowa singsong, can wend from weary to impassioned in the course of a single thought.
—Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Wend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wend. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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