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Another word for errant

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Adjective

  1. Traveling about, especially in search of adventure

    See also:

    move

  2. Straying from a proper course or standard

    See also:

    correct

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Another word for errant

Modifier
  1. See also:

    wandering

    erring

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Sentence Examples

  • He tucked an errant curl behind her ear, enjoying the brush of her soft skin.

  • His first publication, the Tablettes du juif errant, appeared in 1823.

  • He touched her automatically, stroking the side of her face and tucking errant curls behind her ear.

  • Quinet published a prose epic on the subject in 1833, and Eugene Sue, in his best-known work, Le Juif errant (1844), introduces the Wandering Jew in the prologues of its different sections and associates him with the legend of Herodias.

  • "But I'm not done –" Rhyn snatched the open can of food and flung it into the forest.  Toby stared at him then took his pink coat and crawled deeper into the little cave.  Rhyn stretched out on his back next to the fire, his mind puzzling over the angel's words.  However much he tried to focus on what it was Death had agreed to, he couldn't escape his mixed emotions or one errant thought.

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