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
• Males or boars tend to roam alone though will join a sounder to mate.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 5 Jan. 2021
• This ocelot is the seventh to roam Arizona in the last 20 years.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
• The dinosaurs can roam the planet after the events in the first two movies.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Feb. 2022
• Plus, there’s plenty of room to roam from coast to coast.
  — Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2021
• Both bovine species now roam freely throughout the refuge.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• But Jews no longer roam the streets of George Town, and haven’t in large numbers for decades.
  — Jordyn Haime, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2021
• Plants tend to spread by runners so give it room to roam.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2022
• Brown and black bears, moose and wolves, roam tundra and black spruce forests.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
• To make this elaborate chain work, though, the cats need a lot of room to roam.
  — Craig Pittman, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
• The inmates are free to roam, play foosball and video games, and munch on canapés.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 20 June 2022
• Meals were hot and the children were allowed to roam outside in the yard.
  — USA Today, 16 Apr. 2021
• The client’s three dogs roam free and need to be constantly cleaned.
  — Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
• 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
• Legend has it that ghosts roam the halls of the museum.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• Weigh all the creatures that roam the sea, and a striking balance emerges.
  — Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2022
• The creatures wore bells and were permitted to roam free in the streets to forage.
  — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
• Chicago is a beautiful city and shouldn’t have to deal with kids roaming around with nothing to do.
  — Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
• Brooklyn is still a place where pigs roam the streets.
  — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
• As nocturnal creatures, this provides them with a comfortable space to freely roam about.
  — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 26 Mar. 2026
• Here, the footprint of cattle is sparse, and cows have ample space to roam.
  — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
• Seven free-roaming village dogs walked together along a road because one was in heat.
  — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026