wended

verb

past tense of wend
as in marched
literary to move from one place to another We wended through the narrow streets.

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Recent Examples of wended The case wended its way through the El Dorado courts for several years before the grand jury returned indictments in 2022. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wended
  1. marched
  2. proceeded
  3. traveled
  4. sped
  5. passed
  6. went
  7. journeyed
Verb
  • Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • As the Chiefs marched to a second straight Super Bowl championship and their third in five seasons, Toney watched unhappily.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of marched
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  • Hawley then proceeded to a lengthy list of questions that accused Fauci of misconduct in his government role.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Iger proceeded to restructure the company, dismantling the Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution Division.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
Definition of proceeded
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  • This year's primary also could test the growing clout of democratic socialists, who have traveled from across the country to help campaign for Bush.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The first week of August, Popliger traveled to Los Angeles to visit two camp friends, one with Gaucher disease and another with nemaline myopathy.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of traveled
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  • The gunman, a man in his 30s and about 5 -foot-6, sped away in a blue Toyota and has not been caught, NYPD officials said.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The vehicles sped off in the direction of the main road, the van on their trail.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of sped
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  • ChatGPT passed 900 million weekly users in February and, by most trackers, crossed a billion monthly users around the middle of this year.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike gene-editing embryos, these changes aren’t passed to future generations.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of passed
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  • Tommy Edman hit a three-run home run for the Dodgers, and Teoscar Hernández also went deep.
    — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The ceremony ultimately went ahead with an Elvis impersonator officiating as Kacie wore a white dress and white cowboy hat.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • After a brief rest, Dyer journeyed atop Mosquito Pass, towering over 13,000 feet in elevation, on to Oro City (now Leadville).
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 July 2026
  • The Tartan Army of 2026 has journeyed to America with similar enthusiasm, and unrealistic expectations have been loaded upon the shoulders of McTominay.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
Definition of journeyed

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