ROAM in a Sentence
Learn ROAM from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
51 example sentences for ROAM, such as:
1. Tom's arrogant eyes roamed the crowd.
2. The animals were allowed to roam free.
3. Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard.
4. In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.
5. The derelict theme park where Jurassic World's dinos roam
2. The animals were allowed to roam free.
3. Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard.
4. In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.
5. The derelict theme park where Jurassic World's dinos roam
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ROAM
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roam
v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Classic Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1 Let him have something to eat, and let him roam and look about him while he eats.
2 In this unreasonable restlessness and pain of mind I would roam the streets of an evening, wandering by those offices and houses where I had left the petitions.
3 Miss Clarissa and my aunt roam all over London, to find out articles of furniture for Dora and me to look at.
4 She could not roam about and amuse herself, for the burned breadth would show, so she stared at people rather forlornly till the dancing began.
5 She also allowed her to roam about the great house, and examine the curious and pretty things stored away in the big wardrobes and the ancient chests, for Aunt March hoarded like a magpie.
6 He had been seen to arrive by the way of the boulevard Gassendi and roam about the streets in the gloaming.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
7 They perish from hunger and from the claws of the wild beasts which roam the Forest.
8 Tom's arrogant eyes roamed the crowd.
9 Her intellect and heart had their home, as it were, in desert places, where she roamed as freely as the wild Indian in his woods.
10 I rambled downstairs to find anything that was like itself, so altered it all seemed; and roamed into the yard.
11 I roamed from place to place, carrying my burden with me everywhere.
12 By-and-by Jo roamed away upstairs, for it was rainy, and she could not walk.
13 He roamed to and fro, meantime, in a state approaching distraction; his heavy sighs succeeding each other so thick as to leave no space for common breathing between.
14 For another ten days he roamed the streets and alleys of the huge city, sick and hungry, begging for any work.
15 Day after day he roamed about in the arctic cold, his soul filled full of bitterness and despair.
Example Sentence:
1 After the pubs close, gangs of youths roam the city streets.
2 Scientists have more to do than to allow their imaginations to roam at large.
3 Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard.
4 The animals were allowed to roam free.
5 WANDER The sheep are allowed to roam freely on this land.
6 Mustang roam freely over much of the southwest United States; they live in bands of between 5-20 horses, mainly females and foals led by a dominant stallion.
7 The derelict theme park where Jurassic World's dinos roam
8 Sometimes known as Europe's tiger, the continent's only native wild cat does roam Spain, Portugal and southern France.
9 In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.
10 Children are fascinated by the idea of gigantic beasts called dinosaurs roaming the earth before humans even existed.
11 Abandoned by their owners, dogs may revert to their feral state, roaming the woods in packs.