meandered

verb

past tense of meander
as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start

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Recent Examples of meandered Little creeks meandered from lake to lake and through patches of lush grassy meadows and swamps, while the trail followed the higher ground covered with spruce. — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026 Following the attack, the wolf fled and meandered through the city until late that night, when it was located near Lake Binnenalster. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026 As the afternoon sun beat down, several passers-by from out of town meandered by Guthrie's one-story brick house in the Catalina Foothills. — Helen Rummel, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 Several passersby from out of town meandered by Guthrie’s one-story brick house. — Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2026 Those who opted for online school meandered through the city. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026 This is also not the voice that was oblivious to what the newspapers and the magazines of the time said about her, or the letters in handwriting that meandered like tendrils on a vine. — Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025 Leah Page meandered through the trunk-or-treat area with her daughter, Sophia. — Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025 At one point, Queenie meandered over to the kennel and stood in front of Walt. — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meandered
  1. wandered
  2. roamed
  3. strolled
  4. drifted
Verb
  • After running away from home, Fig wandered nearly 30 miles before someone spotted her and the sheriff's department picked her up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • So would pianist Jake Shapiro, tickling the ivories as one wandered, to the limited extent one was allowed to wander.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of wandered
Verb
  • Coyotes, the true American canine, have roamed this continent for more than 2 million years and were venerated by many of those same Indigenous peoples who once made camp in Big Sky.
    — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
  • The plant-eating giant, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is believed to have roamed what is now northeast Thailand around 130 million years ago.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 13 July 2026
Definition of roamed
Verb
  • In a video that’s racking up millions of views online, a curious bear strolled up to a golf cart at Golden Eagle Golf Club in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, helped itself to a player's golf bag, then casually dragged it away from the tee box.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Those Argentina fans strolled past the Monterey apartments on Wornall Road at the perfect time, because Susan Goldenberg was doing one of her weekly porch concerts.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Definition of strolled
Verb
  • In the days before his Ford Bronco drifted into the path of an oncoming semi-truck, Matt Miller was settling debts.
    — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Microsoft tied itself tightly to OpenAI through a series of investments, but the two companies drifted and became competing with each other after the abrupt 2023 ousting and reinstatement of OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, with little notice to Nadella.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of drifted

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