wended

past tense of wend

Example Sentences

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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
Verb
  • Before protesters marched, Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes took the stage.
    Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • And in metro Detroit, anti-Trump protesters came out in strong numbers from Sterling Heights to Detroit, where thousands marched in the streets.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Starting in the 1880s, the city and county each built a series of increasingly spacious jails—and then proceeded to fill them well above capacity each winter.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Trump then proceeded to bully both Hamas and Netanyahu into accepting this agreement.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The pair traveled down to reception together.
    Jay Glennie, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The couple, who traveled together alongside their child on a tour bus, approached the outing not just as a professional endeavor but as a family adventure.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Four additional rounds were heard as the vehicle sped past South 76th Street and in the 7800 block of West Lapham Street, with speeds exceeding 80 mph.
    Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Police are following up on reports that a truck and a car sped away.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, Fox 19 Cincinnati, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The charter amendment, if passed, would scale back the current requirements by allowing the five-member City Commission to approve the sale of valuable city land, at market value, through a four-fifths vote in lieu of three bids.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, North Carolina has passed a bill known as Iryna' Law to try to change pretrial release conditions for people charged with violent offenses.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The art will encompass the stories of Black people who journeyed north to escape slavery and the early Westfield settlers who ran safehouses that harbored them during their travels.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Gilbert, phone recorder and notebook in hand to document Westheimer’s stories and wisdom, journeyed to meet up with Westheimer every week beginning in 2024.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their opening eight possessions featured six punts, a turnover on downs at the end of their lone productive drive and an aborted drive that went backwards in the final 64 seconds of the first half.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Bethune actually departed for one series for reasons that went unexplained, with Curtis Robinson taking over, but was back after a few plays as the defensive play-caller.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Wended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wended. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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