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.
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• Like every true prophet, Coltrane had wandered but was not lost.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• Or just wander into your local shop and ask a clerk what’s good.
  — The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2024
• Next, head out to wander through the nearby Elkin Antiques and Collectibles Mall.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Left to his own devices, Ken wanders into a high school library and leaves with a stack of books in hand.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
• Visitors can wander about the set, but there are sit-down portions of the action too.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• Her phone is shut off, drinks are flowing, and hands are wandering.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
• Light this candle, start your chant playlist, criss-cross applesauce and let your mind wander.
  — Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
• And George wandering past shops where a mural of masters and slaves makes the nation’s colonialist legacy seem quaint.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024