as in wanders
to move about from place to place aimlessly
he took a year off and roamed over Europe before going on to college
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Recent Examples of roams
Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Brian McCann and Fredi Gonzalez are coaches, while Georgia boy Byron Buxton roams the outfield.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, an 84-year-old man who legally named himself Jesus Christ roams freely in his white dhoti, somehow weaving between the masses who bump into each other with alarming frequency.
—Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026
Over the course of extended scenes, the eye roams the frame, alighting on the pop of natural and manmade details alike.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
In the second—and maddest—section of the poem, the narrator, having fled in panic to France, roams the Breton shoreline.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Scarlet wakes up in the Otherworld, an endless, arid landscape with an ocean for sky where a dragon roams.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Rumor has it, his ghost still roams the neighborhood in search of the Patriots’ 19-0 season.
—Chris Sprow, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Lonesome Dove on TV roams the well-trod dramatic range of western cliche, but dang if that ain’t the point.
—Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Brian McCann and Fredi Gonzalez are coaches, while Georgia boy Byron Buxton roams the outfield.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, an 84-year-old man who legally named himself Jesus Christ roams freely in his white dhoti, somehow weaving between the masses who bump into each other with alarming frequency.
—Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026
Over the course of extended scenes, the eye roams the frame, alighting on the pop of natural and manmade details alike.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
In the second—and maddest—section of the poem, the narrator, having fled in panic to France, roams the Breton shoreline.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Scarlet wakes up in the Otherworld, an endless, arid landscape with an ocean for sky where a dragon roams.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Rumor has it, his ghost still roams the neighborhood in search of the Patriots’ 19-0 season.
—Chris Sprow, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Lonesome Dove on TV roams the well-trod dramatic range of western cliche, but dang if that ain’t the point.
—Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roams
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The story begins with a scene that taps into every parent’s worst fear, when a five-year-old child wanders off from a family birthday party.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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The permit allows the ranchers to kill any wolf who wanders onto private land on two grazing allotments near the Gila National Forest in Catron County, as well as on federal land within the allotments, if the wolf is actively hurting livestock.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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One notable feature is how often the stock has managed to bottom once the RSI drifts toward the midpoint of its range.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Debris drifts in and has nowhere to go.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Roams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roams. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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