wandered
past form of “wander” — move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
An inflected form of wander · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,450 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,994 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment also: roll, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast The gypsies roamed the woodsroving vagabonds
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage also: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray She cheats on her husbandMight her husband be wandering?
- go via an indirect route or at no set pace After dinner, we wandered into town
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course also: weave, wind, thread, meander the river winds through the hillsthe path meanders through the vineyards
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking also: digress, stray, divagate She always digresses when telling a storyher mind wanders
wandered in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Gloria got up and wandered about the little room.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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I wandered to see where I could find a place convenient for my abode.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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These facts, then, alone were clear to him: He had wandered, unconscious, in the neighbourhood.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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When he had wandered far from home and was hungry, he would say: "I want to become a cow--Pyrzqxgl!"
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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After dinner, while the older people conversed together in the parlors, the younger ones wandered at will through the house.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1