How to Use roam in a Sentence

roam

verb
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  • She liked to roam through the woods.
  • He roamed about in search of work.
  • Goats roam free on the mountain.
  • The chickens are able to roam around freely in the farmyard.
  • The cattle roamed in search of water.
  • We roamed around town for a while before dinner.
  • Moose, deer, elk, and, yes, brown and black bears roam the same trail.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The wolves, part of the Wedge pack, roam the northeast part of the state in Stevens County.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2022
  • This ocelot is the seventh to roam Arizona in the last 20 years.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The dinosaurs can roam the planet after the events in the first two movies.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Plants tend to spread by runners so give it room to roam.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The inmates are free to roam, play foosball and video games, and munch on canapés.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 20 June 2022
  • Also, keep a look out for the ghost-white cat named Blanche roaming the grounds.
    — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Farmers are afraid to plant their crops or take their herds out to roam.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Weigh all the creatures that roam the sea, and a striking balance emerges.
    — Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The creatures wore bells and were permitted to roam free in the streets to forage.
    — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Beyond that, leafy suburbs give way to the Adelaide Hills, where koalas roam, and to the sea.
    — Emily Pennington, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Goats roam freely on the island, to the delight of visitors.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 3 July 2023
  • And then, when feeling cooped up at home, there are the 12 acres of the Pleasure Gardens to roam around in.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Ten acres of meadows and forest leave plenty of room for the mind to roam.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • My hands freely roamed his body but always made their way back to his ass.
    — Zachary Zane, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
  • With no fans around, the drones had room to roam and could provide uniquely up-close footage.
    — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • This is the same wild dragon that has been roaming the land, leaving scorch marks on the ground to mark its prey.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Sue Freeman, 70, of Venice, has a chain-link fence to keep her dog from roaming.
    — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
  • The idea that Haitians are roaming the streets kidnapping pets seems to have emerged from Vance’s state of Ohio.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Pathfinder was a rover, meant to roam the planet’s surface.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 13 Mar. 2022
  • About two hours away from Salt Lake City, out in the sprawling desert, bands of wild mares and stallions roam free.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The B-52s are hitting the road one last time for a final tour this summer that will roam from coast to coast.
    — cleveland, 27 Apr. 2022
  • As for wildlife, watch for wild horses and bison that roam free in the Theodore Roosevelt prairie lands.
    — Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The dogs will then be walked and fed while their owners roam free inside each institution.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 13 Jan. 2025

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