Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for excursive
Adjective
  • The videos, which depict handwritten journals and a display of high-powered weaponry, paint a portrait of a person with a rambling and deeply nihilistic outlook, according to analyses by law enforcement and ABC News.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There’s nothing worse than a long, rambling story that’s resolved in an only-mildly humorous ending.
    Jay Sullivan, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The caravan experience appealed to Bella, not because of the wandering but, rather, because Cuthbertson offered structure.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • His experience in law enforcement, combined with his desire to improve search and rescue methods, led him to establish a program that addresses the specific challenges of locating wandering individuals and streamlines local agencies' efforts.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Written in the flush of a new friendship with co-producer, engineer, and musician Sam Weber, the album unspools a suite of folk miniatures riven with discursive melodies as evocative as the cultural ephemera dotted through the lyrics.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Kate Zambreno’s Animal Stories, the newest installment in the publisher’s Undelivered Lectures series, relates Nabokov’s anecdote as part of a searching, charmingly discursive meditation on zoos.
    Book Marks August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • At nearly 24,000 acres, the fire is advancing toward indirect containment lines as firing operations progress.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In the past, these placements were also a reliable driver of indirect traffic, boosting your SERP visibility and nudging readers back to your site.
    Noa Eshed, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Excursive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excursive. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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