WEND in a Sentence

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For WEND, below is one of 10 sentences:
A melancholy procession was wending its way by the light of the lantern from the hut towards Blooms-End.

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 Meanings and Examples of WEND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
wend
 v.  go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
Classic Sentence:
1  And she bade the Welshman wend his way.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
2  The boy mused awhile over the substantial change which had taken place in his worldly circumstances, and then wended toward headquarters to report.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  As Tom wended to school after breakfast, he was the envy of every boy he met because the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  The pompous procession therefore wended its way towards Pere-la-Chaise from the Faubourg Saint-Honore.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
5  We entered the wood, and wended homeward.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
6  The youth wended, feeling that Nature was of his mind.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  Beguiling the time with these pleasant reflections, Mr. Fagin wended his way, through mud and mire, to his gloomy abode: where the Dodger was sitting up, impatiently awaiting his return.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  It was now like one of those moving monsters wending with many feet.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
9  A melancholy procession was wending its way by the light of the lantern from the hut towards Blooms-End.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 8 Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
Example Sentence:
1  While he was in the midst of dangerous gymnastic performances, he glanced aside and saw that the little girl was wending her way toward the house.