How to Use nomadic in a Sentence

nomadic

adjective
  • The people who left the shell would have been nomadic, traveling the region in search of food and water sources.
    Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Used to an in-demand model’s nomadic life, Aboah found adjusting to the new normal of life led indoors took time.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2021
  • With remote work growing as an option, more people are exploring the nomadic lifestyle and slow travel.
    Steve Satoru Naito, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Now, after many nomadic years, mom seeks to put down roots in picturesque New England and give her family a normal life.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Now, after many nomadic years, Mom seeks to put down roots in picturesque New England and give her family a normal life.
    Chuck Barney, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Women doll the bride up in white cloth embroidered in greens and reds, the traditional wear of the Fulani, a large nomadic group that’s spread across the region.
    Shola Lawal, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Rogerio Ceni, a coach with a nomadic existence, was tasked with reinstating Flamengo at the top of the Brazilian game.
    Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Many relevant national governments also support both protecting wild species and aiding nomadic herders, at least in principle.
    Discover Magazine, 5 July 2024
  • But this nomadic worldliness, privileged but also uneasy, is not the ultimate focus of Owusu’s reflection.
    Claire Messud, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The journey is one of the last vestiges of a nomadic past.
    Avedis Hadjian, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The horse world may be nomadic, but the party runs all year long in Ocala.
    Adam H. Graham, Robb Report, 6 June 2023
  • The Fulani people of West Africa are the world’s largest nomadic group.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 18 July 2023
  • For thousands of years, the Seri were nomadic, roaming in small groups along the coast.
    The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • But at the same time, that idea of being nomadic even within the city.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Grantham is about due a change of scenery, given the 55-year-old’s nomadic track record.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The next extended phase of her life was far more nomadic.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The founders have all passed, but their nomadic spirits remain central to the brand’s DNA.
    Pia Velasco, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Even the nomadic harfoots have their own distinct look.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 19 July 2022
  • If the Coyotes move, sense around the league is that Salt Lake may be as much of a contender as Houston as the next home for the nomadic desert dogs . . .
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • Which, in her already nomadic life, means going to even more places.
    Bob Guccione Jr., SPIN, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In turn, earth’s rootedness can make a nomadic fire sign feel trapped.
    The Astrotwins, ELLE, 3 Feb. 2023
  • But her songs all share that nomadic sense of wandering.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Hence this nomadic 35ml case, to take everywhere with you.
    Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Amid rising tension and paranoia, nomadic herders are no longer able to move with freedoms of the past.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 28 Feb. 2022
  • For me, this theme song perfectly sets the mood and tone of the show, giving it a kind of space Western, outlaw, nomadic feel.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 11 Dec. 2022
  • That feels like quite like a nomadic approach to existing within the world.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The Scythians were nomadic warriors, and many of their warriors were women . . .
    John Hodgman, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • The study team had first thought nomadic hunters moved between distant kites with the migrations of herds of gazelles and antelopes.
    Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
  • Michelle Yeoh will feature as Scían, the last of a nomadic tribe of sword-elves on a mission to retrieve a blade stolen from her people.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The new Kitchen Cruiser is a nomadic camp kitchen that packs neatly and flips up at camp into an RV-like kitchen block with stove, worktop and sink.
    New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2024

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