wend
verb (used with object)
to pursue or direct (one's way).
wended
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past participleof wend.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wend.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wendverb (used with object)to pursue or direct (one's way).
Example Sentences
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The SUV drove me through an airport security gate and wended its way past rows of planes and runways before dropping me alongside the American Airlines 737 taking me to Phoenix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Khamenei's funeral procession wended its way slowly through central Tehran, from Imam Hossein Square in the east to Azadi Square in the west, on the last of three days of public mourning in the capital.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Hours later, volunteers in an inflatable boat wended their way through the floodwaters in pitch-darkness as they attempted to reach people caught in flooded homes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
“This is the last time we’ll come here,” Condé told Piter as they wended their way up its serpentine alleys.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2022
As I wended my way through the tables looking for my Aloine, my wiser half kept murmuring in my ear.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
