ROAM in a Sentence

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For ROAM, below is one of 51 sentences:
Her intellect and heart had their home, as it were, in desert places, where she roamed as freely as the wild Indian in his woods.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROAM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
roam
 v.  wander; ramble; stroll
Classic Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1  Let him have something to eat, and let him roam and look about him while he eats.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
2  In this unreasonable restlessness and pain of mind I would roam the streets of an evening, wandering by those offices and houses where I had left the petitions.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVI
3  Miss Clarissa and my aunt roam all over London, to find out articles of furniture for Dora and me to look at.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
4  She could not roam about and amuse herself, for the burned breadth would show, so she stared at people rather forlornly till the dancing began.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THREE
5  She also allowed her to roam about the great house, and examine the curious and pretty things stored away in the big wardrobes and the ancient chests, for Aunt March hoarded like a magpie.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINETEEN
6  He had been seen to arrive by the way of the boulevard Gassendi and roam about the streets in the gloaming.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
7  They perish from hunger and from the claws of the wild beasts which roam the Forest.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART TWO
8  Tom's arrogant eyes roamed the crowd.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
9  Her intellect and heart had their home, as it were, in desert places, where she roamed as freely as the wild Indian in his woods.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
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  I roamed from place to place, carrying my burden with me everywhere.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 58. ABSENCE
12  By-and-by Jo roamed away upstairs, for it was rainy, and she could not walk.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
13  He roamed to and fro, meantime, in a state approaching distraction; his heavy sighs succeeding each other so thick as to leave no space for common breathing between.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  For another ten days he roamed the streets and alleys of the huge city, sick and hungry, begging for any work.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
15  Day after day he roamed about in the arctic cold, his soul filled full of bitterness and despair.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
Example Sentence:
1  After the pubs close, gangs of youths roam the city streets.
2  Scientists have more to do than to allow their imaginations to roam at large.
3  Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard.
4  The animals were allowed to roam free.
5  WANDER The sheep are allowed to roam freely on this land.
6  Mustang roam freely over much of the southwest United States; they live in bands of between 5-20 horses, mainly females and foals led by a dominant stallion.
7  The derelict theme park where Jurassic World's dinos roam
8  Sometimes known as Europe's tiger, the continent's only native wild cat does roam Spain, Portugal and southern France.
9  In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.
10  Children are fascinated by the idea of gigantic beasts called dinosaurs roaming the earth before humans even existed.
11  Abandoned by their owners, dogs may revert to their feral state, roaming the woods in packs.