How to Use roam in a Sentence

roam

verb
  • She liked to roam through the woods.
  • He roamed about in search of work.
  • Goats roam free on the mountain.
  • The chickens are able to roam around freely in the farmyard.
  • The cattle roamed in search of water.
  • We roamed around town for a while before dinner.
  • Moose, deer, elk, and, yes, brown and black bears roam the same trail.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The wolves, part of the Wedge pack, roam the northeast part of the state in Stevens County.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Plants tend to spread by runners so give it room to roam.
    Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Also, keep a look out for the ghost-white cat named Blanche roaming the grounds.
    Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Farmers are afraid to plant their crops or take their herds out to roam.
    Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The creatures wore bells and were permitted to roam free in the streets to forage.
    Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Beyond that, leafy suburbs give way to the Adelaide Hills, where koalas roam, and to the sea.
    Emily Pennington, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Goats roam freely on the island, to the delight of visitors.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 3 July 2023
  • And then, when feeling cooped up at home, there are the 12 acres of the Pleasure Gardens to roam around in.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Ten acres of meadows and forest leave plenty of room for the mind to roam.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • My hands freely roamed his body but always made their way back to his ass.
    Zachary Zane, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
  • This is the same wild dragon that has been roaming the land, leaving scorch marks on the ground to mark its prey.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Sue Freeman, 70, of Venice, has a chain-link fence to keep her dog from roaming.
    Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
  • The idea that Haitians are roaming the streets kidnapping pets seems to have emerged from Vance’s state of Ohio.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024
  • About two hours away from Salt Lake City, out in the sprawling desert, bands of wild mares and stallions roam free.
    Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The secret is out and about, roaming and hiding until the very end.
    Joshunda Sanders, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • As the room filled up, artists such as Chappell Roan roamed the room in hooved shoes, greeting fans and friends.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
  • On this day, there is plenty of room to roam around the boat, which has a capacity of 500.
    Reed Parsell, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Jon Bon Jovi roamed the stage, hugging and trading lyrics with many of the performers to close the evening.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Visiting in the off-season means lots more room to roam among the island's 600+ square miles.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
  • Young men with haggard faces and gaping mouths roamed the streets.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Here are where a few of the zombies roam and better sites to consider.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The right-wing former congressman Joe Walsh was roaming.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In autumn, rutting deer create a primordial soundtrack; some 3,000 of them roam the Lousã mountains.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

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