How to Use wayward in a Sentence

wayward

adjective

• In the search for a new, safe home, the wayward band comes across a group of neohumans.
  — Kayti Burt, TIME, 19 July 2024
• To be sure, the problem of wayward shopping carts is not new.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
• But be warned: Br’er Bear and Br’er Fox are in hot pursuit of this wayward hare.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 2 Dec. 2022
• Costanza, marred by the wayward drive, tapped in for par, while Hagestad two-putted from the fringe for birdie and the win.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• The first was a guy with his mask hanging from his chin like a wayward bandage.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• As the plants grow, tuck any wayward shoots back into the tower.
  — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• The water should be on and the hose should be ready to instantly douse any wayward fires.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
• The water should be on, and the hose should be ready to instantly douse any wayward fires.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
• Bernard made up for that wayward drive with a three-pointer.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2021
• Her path to this point was wayward to the extreme, but her mission hasn’t wavered in the least.
  — Scott Tobias, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
• Lord Curzon had been a wayward pupil at Eton, but through hard work ...
  — Andrew Roberts, National Review, 13 July 2023
• The Heat’s best chance from there was what proved to be a wayward Strus 3-point attempt with 26 seconds left.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2022
• Just make sure nobody steps on a wayward ruffle on the dance floor!
  — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 27 June 2024
• The wayward reporters gave A&M way too much credit on that front.
  — Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 17 July 2022
• But what if there were a fast and efficient way to pick up those wayward small pieces?
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 9 Jan. 2024
• Around that time, the ship’s pilots called for tugboats to come help guide the wayward vessel.
  — Lea Skene, Fortune, 15 May 2024
• Sure, there were the local drunks, the teenage hooligans who tortured stray cats, but even these wayward bees had a place in the hive.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• Carefully open the side seam of the lining on the same side of the jacket as your wayward pocket.
  — Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• The Hunter tale is at best the story of a wayward son and indulgent father.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
• As things stand, that is a wayward proposition, and there is no need for a new law to reform it.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024
• And no, the moment wasn’t lost on the once wayward coach who scored the biggest win of his career in the stadium that saved it.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• The same dynamic is at play in 30 Rock, a sitcom with much to say about the wayward paths of romance.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 July 2021
• The wayward son of a newspaper owner, Arthur went to France as a young man and never came back.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
• With their engines low, so as not to scare the birds, the boats circle the barges, searching for wayward baby terns.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
• But a wayward drive on 17 forced him to take a drop, leading to a bogey, giving Rahm a two-shot edge.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 21 June 2021
• In many team sports, one player can’t reroute a wayward franchise.
  — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• Art adjusts his beanie in the mirror, blond hair poking out like the fingers of a wayward plant.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• Please be aware that the wayward golf ball had gotten over a tall netting that was surrounding the golf course.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• In the near future of (checks notes) 2001, Brecken Meyer and some other wayward teens are menaced by Freddy Kruger.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
• In the same vein, wayward vines are nipped, and emerging roots thrust deep into the ground, in hopes of harnessing every last nutrient for the potential champion.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024