WENDED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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After Little’s kick, the Texans quickly marched into Jacksonville territory.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through various cities and protested peacefully but others set fire to the city hall in Limoges, gutting the 19th-century building.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of marched

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Already postponed 24 hours, the invasion proceeded in the face of rough seas, strong winds, and low visibility in order to seize a small window in time of enormous consequence.

— Marc E. Andersen, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
No one in the city has turned to the Sixers for salvation for years, accustomed to a process that never proceeded.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceeded

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Two weeks before October 7, Mossad director David Barnea traveled to Doha and asked Qatar to renew the funding, the New York Times reported in 2023.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Andy Beshear Andy Beshear, the two-term governor of Kentucky who cannot run again under state law, has traveled to a dozen states to campaign with Democratic candidates or headline party dinners, including four of the six early states.

— Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of traveled

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The City Council voted it down, and the mayor's opponents passed an alternate budget plan over his objections.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The property later passed through several notable hands, including Creative Artists Agency (CAA) co-chairman Kevin Huvane and filmmaker Roberto Sneider, before Channing Tatum picked it up for $6 million in 2015, according to Variety.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of passed

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In factual, Frow has welcomed big names to the network like Monty Python star Michael Palin, who has journeyed to North Korea and the Philippines for documentary series.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Born in Portland, Oregon, in 1873, Lowe journeyed to China for his education, and then returned to America, moving between major western cities, first San Francisco, then Denver, on to Portland and Seattle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

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