Wander
verb
To walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.
He wandered through the streets without any purpose.
Often appears as...
- wander around
- wander off
verb
To go away from a path or course.
We wandered off the trail and got lost in the forest.
Often appears as...
- wander off the path
- wander off course
verb
To think or talk about something in a casual or aimless way.
His mind always wanders during the class.
Often appears as...
- wander off topic
- let your mind wander
verb
To move slowly away from a fixed point or place.
The child wandered away from her mother in the crowd.
Often appears as...
- wander away from
- wander off from
verb
To walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.
He wandered through the streets without any purpose.
Often appears as...
- wander around
- wander off
verb
To go away from a path or course.
We wandered off the trail and got lost in the forest.
Often appears as...
- wander off the path
- wander off course
verb
To think or talk about something in a casual or aimless way.
His mind always wanders during the class.
Often appears as...
- wander off topic
- let your mind wander
verb
To move slowly away from a fixed point or place.
The child wandered away from her mother in the crowd.
Often appears as...
- wander away from
- wander off from
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Lack of Purpose
Used to describe movement without a goal, implying relaxation or being lost.
On vacation, I love to wander through the quaint villages.
Pro Tip 2/2Time to Explore
Suggests having the freedom to explore an area without hurry.
She wandered around the market for hours, soaking in the sights.
Pro Tip 1/2Lack of Purpose
Used to describe movement without a goal, implying relaxation or being lost.
On vacation, I love to wander through the quaint villages.
Pro Tip 2/2Time to Explore
Suggests having the freedom to explore an area without hurry.
She wandered around the market for hours, soaking in the sights.
Pro Tip 1/2Lack of Purpose
Used to describe movement without a goal, implying relaxation or being lost.
On vacation, I love to wander through the quaint villages.
Pro Tip 2/2Time to Explore
Suggests having the freedom to explore an area without hurry.
She wandered around the market for hours, soaking in the sights.
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Mick Mountz: What...
And the game here is to pick up the shelves, take them down the highway and deliver them straight to the pick worker. This pick worker's life is completely different. Rather than wandering around the warehouse, she gets to stay still in a pick station like this and every product in the building can now come to her.
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Larry Smith: Why you...
Look at the worldview you've given yourself. You're a hero no matter what. And I, by suggesting ever so delicately that you might want a great career, must hate children. I don't hate children. I don't kick them. Yes, there was a little kid wandering through this building
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The art of bow-making PIPE...
As I fell deeper into bow making, I began to search far and beyond my neighborhood. When I went on school field trips, family vacations, or simply on my way home from extracurricular classes, I wandered around wooded areas and gathered tree branches
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The Taino myth of the...
and dotted with islands and caves. This world of seas was also cut off completely from the celestial realm, and the brothers wandered aimlessly, even more lost than they had been before. One day, three of the brothers stumbled upon a house.
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The myth of Pandora’s...
Pandora brimmed with excitement at life on earth. She was also easily distracted and could be impatient, given her thirst for knowledge and desire to question her surroundings. Often, her mind wandered to the contents of the sealed box.
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Albatrosses' Life-Long...
that is the biggest third on the planet each one of those wings is as wide as i am told the wandering albatrosses wingspan is over 11 feet wide i mean just imagine living life like that you know flying thousands and thousands
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Where are all the...
things would be different. Earth's spin axis would now wander chaotically. There'd be episodes of rapid climate change -- not good for complex life. The moon is just the right big but not too big.
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Mysterious Islands in...
several hundred foot deep chasm after trying rappel for me this is what I would call a lost world within a lost world and tonight I'm going to be wandering around in here with my lights
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Nail-Biting Leopard...
most secretive cat just wandering around trying to figure out what her next move is going to be i have never seen anything like this in my life if she gets any closer guys don't move a
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Fact-checking the Bible...
Testament lately please be careful because if you're not careful the second you wander off mainstream stories in the Old Testament
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Mick Mountz: What...
And the game here is to pick up the shelves, take them down the highway and deliver them straight to the pick worker. This pick worker's life is completely different. Rather than wandering around the warehouse, she gets to stay still in a pick station like this and every product in the building can now come to her.
Video examples
Larry Smith: Why you...
Look at the worldview you've given yourself. You're a hero no matter what. And I, by suggesting ever so delicately that you might want a great career, must hate children. I don't hate children. I don't kick them. Yes, there was a little kid wandering through this building
Video examples
The art of bow-making PIPE...
As I fell deeper into bow making, I began to search far and beyond my neighborhood. When I went on school field trips, family vacations, or simply on my way home from extracurricular classes, I wandered around wooded areas and gathered tree branches
Video examples
The Taino myth of the...
and dotted with islands and caves. This world of seas was also cut off completely from the celestial realm, and the brothers wandered aimlessly, even more lost than they had been before. One day, three of the brothers stumbled upon a house.
Video examples
The myth of Pandora’s...
Pandora brimmed with excitement at life on earth. She was also easily distracted and could be impatient, given her thirst for knowledge and desire to question her surroundings. Often, her mind wandered to the contents of the sealed box.
Video examples
Albatrosses' Life-Long...
that is the biggest third on the planet each one of those wings is as wide as i am told the wandering albatrosses wingspan is over 11 feet wide i mean just imagine living life like that you know flying thousands and thousands
Video examples
Where are all the...
things would be different. Earth's spin axis would now wander chaotically. There'd be episodes of rapid climate change -- not good for complex life. The moon is just the right big but not too big.
Video examples
Mysterious Islands in...
several hundred foot deep chasm after trying rappel for me this is what I would call a lost world within a lost world and tonight I'm going to be wandering around in here with my lights
Video examples
Nail-Biting Leopard...
most secretive cat just wandering around trying to figure out what her next move is going to be i have never seen anything like this in my life if she gets any closer guys don't move a
Video examples
Fact-checking the Bible...
Testament lately please be careful because if you're not careful the second you wander off mainstream stories in the Old Testament
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Emily Weiss
American Businesswoman
My desk is more of a place where I set my stuff, and then I move around. If I'm at the office, I'm usually wandering around to different meeting rooms all day or taking people out or making tea. I'm rarely at my desk; it's just a place to hang my hat.
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Russell Howard
English Comedian
It's just a joy travelling with your job. You get to wander around these interesting cities and then things happen or you observe things and you go on stage at the end of the night and chat about it.
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Jack Henry Abbott
American Author
The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.
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George M. Church
American Scientist
Very often, as I wander through life, I'll get that old feeling that I've come back from the future, and I'm living in the past. And it's a really horrible feeling.
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Tim Conway
American Actor
Harvey never had an original idea or thought in his life. I was out wandering around the country doing charity benefits, mainly, when I asked him to come along.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
I don't do a lot of research, exactly, but I'm constantly wandering through the world finding things incredible and remembering them.
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Greg Rucka
American Writer
A character wandering around asking, 'Who am I?' isn't, in and of itself, a story I'm interested in telling.
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Aleksandr Kuprin
Russian Writer
I am a wanderer passionately in love with life.
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Dominic Cooper
English Actor
I have a very easy life, I can wander around.
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Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
Quote examples
Emily Weiss
American Businesswoman
My desk is more of a place where I set my stuff, and then I move around. If I'm at the office, I'm usually wandering around to different meeting rooms all day or taking people out or making tea. I'm rarely at my desk; it's just a place to hang my hat.
Quote examples
Russell Howard
English Comedian
It's just a joy travelling with your job. You get to wander around these interesting cities and then things happen or you observe things and you go on stage at the end of the night and chat about it.
Quote examples
Jack Henry Abbott
American Author
The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.
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George M. Church
American Scientist
Very often, as I wander through life, I'll get that old feeling that I've come back from the future, and I'm living in the past. And it's a really horrible feeling.
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Tim Conway
American Actor
Harvey never had an original idea or thought in his life. I was out wandering around the country doing charity benefits, mainly, when I asked him to come along.
Quote examples
Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
I don't do a lot of research, exactly, but I'm constantly wandering through the world finding things incredible and remembering them.
Quote examples
Greg Rucka
American Writer
A character wandering around asking, 'Who am I?' isn't, in and of itself, a story I'm interested in telling.
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Aleksandr Kuprin
Russian Writer
I am a wanderer passionately in love with life.
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Dominic Cooper
English Actor
I have a very easy life, I can wander around.
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Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
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