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A clear path out of the dreary wilderness in which he had been, straying seemed to open before him, and he resolved to walk therein.

From Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

That last word was barely audible and the quality of the silence which followed it drew John Wollaston's gaze which had been straying over the lake, around to the speaker.

From Mary Wollaston by Webster, Henry Kitchell

Three others who had been straying about among the trees came back on hearing the shots, and were also taken, and thus the whole crew of the boat was captured.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

When it was put a second time he glanced up with a start, as if he had been brought back with a shock from the place of shadows in which his thoughts had been straying.

From A Second Coming by Marsh, Richard

His thoughts had been straying idly as he sat at the window, with his eyes fixed on the sky.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor