How to Use maraud in a Sentence

maraud

verb
  • Who in his right mind wants to be surrounded by marauding tourists?
    — Gully Wells, WSJ, 9 May 2018
  • Marcos Alonso was allowed to maraud down the left wing and square to the edge of the box.
    — Tom Roddy, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Think bored and drunk young men marauding through neighborhoods, mayhem on their minds.
    — CNN, 2 June 2017
  • Explore with care and steer clear of anglers casting lines and gaggles of marauding geese.
    — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 5 July 2019
  • There are mountains of trash, animals marauding and people piled on each other.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Unchecked, the starfish’s barnacle prey went wild — only to then be devoured by marauding mussels.
    — Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019
  • There’s no more drought, the summer has been mild and the leaves — largely spared by marauding gypsy moth caterpillars — look healthy.
    — Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2017
  • There’s no more drought, the summer has been mild and the leaves — largely spared by marauding gypsy moth caterpillars — look healthy.
    — William J. Kole, The Seattle Times, 17 Aug. 2017
  • There's no more drought, the summer has been mild and the leaves — largely spared by marauding gypsy moth caterpillars — look healthy.
    — courant.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Fort George provided a defense of the harbor from marauding ships.
    — Mark Rogers, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
  • One woman asked what to do about marauding raccoons in an overgrown lot near her home, and learned the city does not do wild animal removal.
    — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 21 July 2017
  • So far, the victims of marauding visitors haven’t had much luck stemming the barbarian tide.
    — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 31 May 2018
  • These rebel gangs—viewed by the neighboring Egyptians as both a nuisance and a threat—maraud the nearby villages.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020
  • Racist mobs marauded unchecked through the South, killing African-Americans.
    — Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 17 May 2019
  • And that’s quite the gamble for the jewels, since the forest stocks no shortage of not only marauding ants, but other fiends like wasps and birds.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2015
  • Soon, armed men were marauding through the streets of the royal capital on motorbikes and by foot wielding machetes and sticks.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, WIRED, 6 July 2018
  • They were ambushed, and Pauline was killed by stray gunfire from marauding mobsters hell-bent on killing Buford.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There is no conspiracy to chase Colorado ranchers off of public lands with marauding bands of gray wolves.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • It was founded in 1621 as a garrison against the marauding Danes.
    — Laura Moser, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
  • None of them mentioned marauding caravans massing at the southern border.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2019
  • Özil continued to cause the hosts problems, marauding forward with impressive dribbling skills as his side chased an equaliser.
    — SI.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • But the porcine population has ballooned and now everyone’s up to their eyes in rampaging, marauding boars.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • Most of the people sharing photos of domineering goats and marauding boars are not expressing a latent death wish.
    — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Quick attacks down the flanks Parkinson’s preference for a three-man defence means his team often look wide to find marauding wing-backs high up the pitch.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Masuaku was in top form on Saturday, marauding down the left to fire in the assist for Sebastien Haller.
    — SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • To safeguard your genes from the vulnerability of being alone with hungry tigers and marauding strangers on some long-ago savanna.
    — WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Fearing the attacker’s return and marauding gangs, the family abandoned their home in a rural stretch of farmland and fruit trees and hid in the bushes.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The bear population blossomed, and began to maraud the locals — at times with terrifying results.
    — Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The England speedster chipped in with six assists last season, marauding forward to pen opposition full-backs deep into their own half.
    — SI.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • While guarding this mysterious gorge, these good-looking sharpshooters inevitably fall in love and join forces to contain the marauding creatures.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2025

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