meander
verb (used without object)
to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course.
was meandering
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past progressiveof meander.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband, Jon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
The entire tour looked like it was meandering towards a 3-0 snoozefest until the Wallabies suddenly found themselves in Melbourne.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
That morning it was meandering quietly through a rocky riverbed as the Atheists United group disembarked from a shuttle bus that deposited them at the first hiking site, the 1.9-mile Riverside Trail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Much of Avenatti’s cross-examination of Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, was meandering.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022
Mrs. Belgrove saw that her companion was meandering, and would never come to the point unless forced to face it, so she rapped her knuckles with the lorgnette.
From Red Money by Fergus Hume
