meander
verb (used without object)
to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course.
have meandered
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present perfectof meander.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“But a life so full could easily have meandered into tedium, and this almost never happens in Mr. Morgan’s treatment.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
They have meandered through its narrow, winding streets overrun by temple monkeys and Hindu monks who ask passersby for blessings in exchange for alms.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
Since then they have meandered all over the UK and even crossed the Channel to France.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2021
Their success this season is based around getting the best out of a selection of players who might have meandered elsewhere, or simply been considered less than the very top class.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2010
Thornhill is a very pretty place, with a neat church and a dell, in which a river must formerly have meandered, but where now a streamlet runs to join Lake Ontario.
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Richard Henry Bonnycastle
