How to Use roam in a Sentence

roam

verb

• She liked to roam through the woods.
• He roamed about in search of work.
• Goats roam free on the mountain.
• The chickens are able to roam around freely in the farmyard.
• The cattle roamed in search of water.
• We roamed around town for a while before dinner.
• Farmers are afraid to plant their crops or take their herds out to roam.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• The creatures wore bells and were permitted to roam free in the streets to forage.
  — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
• Beyond that, leafy suburbs give way to the Adelaide Hills, where koalas roam, and to the sea.
  — Emily Pennington, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
• Goats roam freely on the island, to the delight of visitors.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 3 July 2023
• And then, when feeling cooped up at home, there are the 12 acres of the Pleasure Gardens to roam around in.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
• My hands freely roamed his body but always made their way back to his ass.
  — Zachary Zane, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
• About two hours away from Salt Lake City, out in the sprawling desert, bands of wild mares and stallions roam free.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
• The secret is out and about, roaming and hiding until the very end.
  — Joshunda Sanders, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• As the room filled up, artists such as Chappell Roan roamed the room in hooved shoes, greeting fans and friends.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
• On this day, there is plenty of room to roam around the boat, which has a capacity of 500.
  — Reed Parsell, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• Jon Bon Jovi roamed the stage, hugging and trading lyrics with many of the performers to close the evening.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2024
• Visiting in the off-season means lots more room to roam among the island's 600+ square miles.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
• Young men with haggard faces and gaping mouths roamed the streets.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Here are where a few of the zombies roam and better sites to consider.
  — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• That Deion Sanders will roam the Buffaloes’ sideline as maybe the best story in sports is a bonus.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• The practice of co-burial was widespread in many places dogs and humans roamed.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
• In the visual, the singer walks the streets of Tokyo, her dog in arms, and roams the city with solo stops to eat ramen, bathe at a sentō, and more.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2023
• Rats roaming around the city aren’t exactly squeaky-clean.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Thieves and gangs that extort businesses and kill those who don’t pay roam its cratered streets.
  — Sonia Pérez D. and Christopher Sherman, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
• Kids and adults alike are getting hyped to roam the streets come October 31st in search of candy and a good time.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 4 Oct. 2023
• Some have even spotted a woman in white roaming the halls.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2023
• Pickers roam the floors, grabbing items and handing them off to packers, who stand for hours at a time.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
• Getler leads us to a series of beech trees Somers had identified while roaming the land.
  — Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
• Once the weather clears up, Dan plans to bring him around his part-time job at Home Depot to roam, indulge in treats and live out his best life.
  — Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 May 2024