Roaming
['rəʊmɪŋ] or ['romɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roam
Edited by Gillian
Examples
- Rosamond's eyes also were roaming over her aunt's large embroidered collar. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If her roaming sympathies had struck root anywhere, it was in her friendship with Judy Trenor. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After roaming about the vicinity for a short time, they started back for the deeper forests and the higher land from whence they had come. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- After two years of hungry roaming Mrs. Bart had died----died of a deep disgust. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In every other direction the moor is a complete wilderness, inhabited only by a few roaming gypsies. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A song was pending as he entered, and he dropped into a seat near his hostess, his eyes roaming in search of Miss Bart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Edited by Gillian