roam
verb (used without object)
to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove.
had roamed
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past perfectof roam.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In both cases neither of the artificial intelligence giants knew that their models had roamed the internet attacking companies until long after the attacks had been carried out.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The porcine family at the center of the latest uproar had roamed the streets near the Vatican for days, troubling some residents and delighting others.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2020
Park and other drivers had roamed the hollowed-out streets of the city with empty cabs and mounting anxieties at the height of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2020
Once it had roamed across Asia, but hunting and forest clearance reduced its numbers to just 80 in neighboring Indonesia.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2020
Populations, detached by the war, had roamed, squatted temporarily at first one region and then another.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
