wend
verb (used with object)
to pursue or direct (one's way).
have wended
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present perfectof wend.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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Long before the sun rises our friends will have wended their way home, and there will be but little joy in their lives until the next fiesta comes round.
From Cuba Past and Present by Richard Davey
Thither past generations for miles round have wended in Sunday dress before other churches were built up there.
From The Visionary Pictures From Nordland by Jessie Muir
Would to Heaven I knew whither can he have wended!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
During Scarlett’s speech four mounted constables have wended their way through the groups of diggers standing in the street.
From The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace
