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.
is straying
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present progressiveof stray (3rd person singular).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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Mr Bane said he had woken up when he heard the anchor alarm - which rings if the boat is straying from its mooring - and realised that Sarm was no longer on the yacht.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
These days, Defreest is straying away from digital art and creating more tangible pieces, like wall art.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023
If a system detects that the vehicle is straying across lane lines, it will issue a warning to the driver.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2020
Stanley Hauerwas, a professor emeritus at Duke Divinity School who has written books on virtue, said that giving up plastic is straying too far from what Lent was meant to be.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2019
Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying?
From Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Matthew by Richard Francis Weymouth
