wend
verb (used with object)
to pursue or direct (one's way).
wends
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present tense formof wend (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The exhibition, which wends through eight contiguous galleries, begins with a visual overture, seven pictures that preview what’s ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
As the case wends its way through the courts, the government has not yet made good on its threat to break up NCAR's various labs, which currently employ about 800 people.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
There, the Dnipro now wends through a mucky patchwork of about 9000 newly formed small lakes and ephemeral ponds.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 3, 2024
For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct has endured earthquakes, flash floods and dozens of bomb attacks as it wends and weaves through the canyons and deserts of the eastern Sierra Nevada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
Finally he wends his way back, alone, to the lounge.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
