Noun : a period of delightful wandering through Italy. ,Her wanderings took her all over the world. ,mental wanderings; the wanderings of delirium. From Dictionary.com.
His wanderings are the subject of Homer's Odyssey. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
Perhaps the hardest thing I had to bear in all my wanderings was the sight of Amroth's own fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Child of the Dawn] Reference
The most famous part of his wanderings is his expedition to India, which is said to have lasted several years. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
Vast the stellar wonders of your wanderings are my groped at mysteries of women, star - like, I as lovers gaze down each harvest. From Wordnik.com. [For A Beautiful Face On Night’s Striptease] Reference
In most contexts I'd have felt safe glossing that as "wanderings," but here I was worried I might be missing subtle connotations. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Analyzing his "wanderings" within different epochs, Standing concluded that the moral fortitude of the modern society had weakened. From Wordnik.com. [NOVELS-NOVELS] Reference
'wanderings' of the heart in her oil and acrylic paintings. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Before I can explain my finding the child in this last plight of hers I must tell you a little of my 'wanderings' since I left the Manor. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
He says he admires Brad Mehldau's creative wanderings. From Wordnik.com. [Brad Mehldau: Beyond The Boundaries Of Jazz] Reference
Many times through all these wanderings he was in danger. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Penates, and began his now celebrated wanderings over the earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Mr. Romilly, in the course of his wanderings, made a journey to New. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
I would here observe that wherever my wanderings in China have led me. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Rome another poet, named Virgil, writing about the wanderings of Æneas. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
His aberrations need not be arbitrary wanderings, prompted by selfish impulses. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Nell's wanderings, and I am rather surprised that he did not work the vein farther. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Swiftwater had taken to mining and had covered a good part of Alaska in his wanderings. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
Spirit looked down from Heaven upon the suffering and the wanderings of the red children. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
In spite of his wanderings to and fro over the earth, he retained his early faith intact. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
"Thou tellest my wanderings and puttest my tears in thy bottle; are they not in thy book?". From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
Now they are trapped, their wanderings curtailed by cultivated fields beyond the boundaries. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey Through the Jungle] Reference
Daniel was in despair with these nightly wanderings, which he said greatly fatigued his master. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
So, before the next day dawned, Ti-to said good-by, and started with Mr. Tien on his wanderings. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Eight years of strange wanderings with indecision and betrayal by a false black hand, as shown you. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
"Now there's a cold fish," said one woman, excusing the princess's wanderings by trashing her prince. From Wordnik.com. [What's Love Got To Do With It?] Reference
Mose Allison may be 82, but there's a youthful feel to his voice carefree and random in its wanderings. From Wordnik.com. [A Delta Drifter Keeps His Southern Accent] Reference
After long wanderings and many marvellous adventures, he arrived, as has been said, on the shores of Italy. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
In the course of his wanderings he came upon a well laden tree standing on the grounds of a neglected estate. From Wordnik.com. [The Dare Boys of 1776] Reference
Then began long, weary wanderings toward the southwest, over mountain roads, their plan being to go to Shansi. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
So, after a half hour's further sail, the anchor was dropped, and the Antelope stopped her wanderings for a time. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
In my final wanderings around the Macworld show floor, I happened upon the one unique gadget that made my entire week. From Wordnik.com. [Macworld: Hands-on with the ModBook Mac tablet, and a look at the best iPod accessory ever] Reference
Madame de Margonne, he certainly knew the servants, not to mention those he observed at the cafes and in his wanderings. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
I took walks to stretch my legs, aimless wanderings that usually ended with me standing outside the nursery's long window. From Wordnik.com. [The Prettiest Lie] Reference
The astonished listener related the apparition to Sister Bourgeois, who regarded it as the wanderings of a diseased imagination. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
Finally, in his wanderings, Archie came to a beautiful square which was surrounded on every side by business houses and tenements. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Boy Reporter] Reference
A sudden turn in their wanderings, revealed the mysterious west wing and tower room, that was uppermost, just then, in their minds. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest of Happy Hearts] Reference
Being abandoned in their wanderings, and being vagrants, without any knowledge of the arts of life, they forgot the rules of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
A year of welcomes and partings short jaunts and long meanderings of prosaic and verse wanderings sustained efforts and constant dartings. From Wordnik.com. [Rhyme and Reason Volume Two] Reference
Yet For all the justifications concerning harvesting and desert wanderings, Sukkot represents something deeper than historical reenactment. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi David Wolpe: The Hut That Reaches the Heavens] Reference
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