How to Use roam in a Sentence

roam

verb
  • 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.
  • My need to roam was quenched by her.
    — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
  • Ready to roam, shine or blaze the trail?
    — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Apex predators still roam the earth.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Grizzlies and bighorn sheep roam the rocky slopes.
    — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
  • Brooklyn is still a place where pigs roam the streets.
    — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Moose, deer, elk, and, yes, brown and black bears roam the same trail.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The world was a better place when rom-coms roamed the land.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Farmers are afraid to plant their crops or take their herds out to roam.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • My hands freely roamed his body but always made their way back to his ass.
    — Zachary Zane, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2023
  • Brown and black bears, moose and wolves, roam tundra and black spruce forests.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Lynx, bears, and wolves roamed amid the dense Scots pine, birch, and rowan.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Why do so many people want to roam these hallways?
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • Even herds that roam free on the open range are microchipped and trailed by drones.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Want to spend all day with the rhinos roaming the park?
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Most teams let fans roam the back fields with few restrictions.
    — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Awabi are simply like this; some home in, others roam on.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Oh, and kids will love the peacocks roaming the grounds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • But this time, cows were found roaming downtown.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The client’s three dogs roam free and need to be constantly cleaned.
    — Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • Wines available for purchase roam the globe.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
  • OHVs have plenty of room to roam.
    — Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • While some dogs were found roaming around the house, others were in cages.
    — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • All buttons can be pushed and levers pulled, so feel free the let the kids roam around at will.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026
  • To make this elaborate chain work, though, the cats need a lot of room to roam.
    — Craig Pittman, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021

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