ramble
verb (used without object)
to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner.
rambles
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pluralof ramble.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof ramble (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
rambleverb (used without object)to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner.
Example Sentences
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Usually when a person rambles, myself included, it’s because they don’t feel comfortable with the person to whom they are talking.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Among their findings: Weekend automobile rambles were replacing church attendance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
He rambles on: “We are even adding Battleships, which are 100 times more powerful than the ones that roamed the Seas during World War II.”
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2026
The story takes a while to get going, then rambles a lot once the premise has been established.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
There he coined the term physical education and took his appalled young charges on brisk rambles of thirty-five or forty miles over the neighboring mountains.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
