Verb
We wended through the narrow streets.
We wended our way through the narrow streets.
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Here, the location becomes increasingly fog-laden and soggy as this sci-fi comedy wends toward apocalyptic, psychosexual mayhem.—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024 Carnes’s voice, an Iowa singsong, can wend from weary to impassioned in the course of a single thought.—Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024 Another, brought by eight deputies who alleged that they were routinely harassed by the Banditos, is wending its way toward trial after a judge decided last year that the case could move forward.—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024 The tour, without St. Vincent, will then wend around the country over the next month before wrapping in San Francisco.—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wend
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English wendan; akin to Old High German wenten to turn, Old English windan to twist — more at wind entry 3
Noun
German Wende, from Old High German Winida; akin to Old English Winedas, plural, Wends
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