RAMBLE in a Sentence

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For RAMBLE, below is one of 38 sentences:
For two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most part, as befits two men who know each other intimately.

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 Meanings and Examples of RAMBLE
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ramble
 v.  wander aimlessly; move about aimlessly; walk about casually or for pleasure
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  They drove out of the vault into a clear space and stopped before an immensely long but low-built house which seemed to ramble round a stone court.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  We will ramble about every rainy day.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
3  More than once did Elizabeth, in her ramble within the park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33
4  The moors, where you ramble with him, are much nicer; and Thrushcross Park is the finest place in the world.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  I left the town and began to ramble about the fields.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
6  I rambled round the hamlet, going sometimes to a little distance and returning again, for an hour or more.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
7  She then ran gaily off, rejoicing as she rambled about, in the hope of being at home again in a day or two.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
8  Morning and noon had passed, and the day was on the wane, and still he rambled to and fro, and up and down, and round and round, and still lingered about the same spot.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
9  For two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most part, as befits two men who know each other intimately.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
10  I rambled downstairs to find anything that was like itself, so altered it all seemed; and roamed into the yard.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
11  He kissed her, rambled off, nodded to Jim Howland, stopped indifferently to speak to Mrs. Terry Gould.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
12  While her tongue rambled on Gabriel tried to banish from his mind all memory of the unpleasant incident with Miss Ivors.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
13  I, their eldest child, was born at Naples, and as an infant accompanied them in their rambles.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
14  I passed three days in these rambles and at length discovered the open country.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
15  Hitherto she had carefully avoided every companion in her rambles.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
Example Sentence:
1  She's getting old and she tends to ramble a bit.
2  There's plenty to discover as you ramble around this little island.
3  As always, his inner need to ramble is overridden by the need to work.
4  He rambled in the park every morning.
5  He is fond of rambling among the trees.