stray
verb (used without object)
to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose.
are straying
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present progressiveof stray.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He also has broken with his party when he believes Republicans are straying from conservative causes.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
But it isn’t just the hybrid guard-forwards that are changing their game, centers are straying into areas of the court once only reserved for six-footers, contributing in ways not seen in past eras of basketball.
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2018
But even as social mores shift, relatively few young Indians, including those who demand more of a say in their marriages, are straying too far from tradition.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2015
With so many new alternatives available — most of them considerably cheaper than investing in another disc — of course Johnson and her fellow DVD devotees are straying.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2015
My father was an Englishman; but my mother—We are straying away from our subject, Mr. Blake; and it is my fault.
From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
