Example Sentences

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The first was straying from the subject for almost half his speech.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Some Southwest customers expressed disappointment that the company was straying from features that once defined the brand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

Many were skeptical that the human body could survive such an ordeal and wondered if the show was straying into the supernatural.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2024

He left for the first time in 2000, returned as CEO in 2008 after realizing the company was straying from the original Starbucks brand, and left again nine years later.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Spring, among her sylvan shades, And the gladness of her glades, Once in dreamy hours was straying, Where sweet Music with her throngs Of glad melodies and songs In the happy vales was playing.

From Oklahoma and Other Poems by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)