as in trespassed
to commit an offense
our straying son swears he's returned to the straight and narrow
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Recent Examples of strayed
Bovino’s sense of mission never strayed from the Border Patrol’s roots.
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Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Romano, in fact, rarely strayed from her own experiences, relationships and memories for the subjects of her writing.
—Brian Robert Moore
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
With this in mind, after a few albums that strayed from her roots, Price makes her return to a more country sound on Hard Headed Woman.
—Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
The Context Willett said a driver was turning onto a road, strayed from it and crashed into the building, rupturing a natural gas line—and left the scene in the vehicle before being found afterward.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Leaning against a wooden side table, Swift was pictured underneath a dark brown bob and micro bangs, a different look for the performer who has rarely strayed from her muddy blond coloring and below-the-shoulder length.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Romano, in fact, rarely strayed from her own experiences, relationships and memories for the subjects of her writing.
—Brian Robert Moore
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
With this in mind, after a few albums that strayed from her roots, Price makes her return to a more country sound on Hard Headed Woman.
—Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
The Context Willett said a driver was turning onto a road, strayed from it and crashed into the building, rupturing a natural gas line—and left the scene in the vehicle before being found afterward.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Leaning against a wooden side table, Swift was pictured underneath a dark brown bob and micro bangs, a different look for the performer who has rarely strayed from her muddy blond coloring and below-the-shoulder length.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strayed
Verb
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There were, after all, the men who trespassed, as if my young body was theirs to forage.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Last year Google fired 28 employees after some trespassed at the company's facilities.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The 5-year-old, identified as William, slipped through the front gate of his family's home and wandered to a nearby Chick-fil-A, where he was greeted by the staff and treated to a breakfast sandwich, per the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO).—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Eli McCann, 41, (@eliwmccann) posted a clip on TikTok, recounting a moment from several years ago when his then 5-year-old niece was exploring his house and wandered into his bedroom.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Strayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strayed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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