roving
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Synonyms for roving
Synonyms: Adjective
ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), itinerant, nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring
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a roving substitute teacher who works in a different district every dayRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Portlandâs largest protests tend to be roving, unpredictable affairs. — oregonlive.com, "Portland protests Aug. 17: What you need to know," 15 Aug. 2019 Looking to create a roving, tiny office or a mobile store? — Megan Barber, Curbed, "Why this vintage-style camper is the future of travel trailers," 14 Aug. 2019 The roving conference was born out Harry Potter fan website The Leaky Cauldron, holding the first LeakyCon in Boston in 2009. — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, "Harry Potter fan fest LeakyCon apparates in Orlando in 2020," 20 Aug. 2019 The roving national food festival dedicated to eating and exalting American cuisine will finally feed the Mile High City May 14-16, as 5280 first reported. — Allyson Reedy, The Know, "The James Beard Foundationâs Taste America Tour is finally coming to Denver," 7 Aug. 2019 But don't expect these to be the same as their roving counterparts. — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, "These Louisville food trucks are pumping the breaks to open standing restaurants," 5 Aug. 2019 Take a seat at the bar or let one of the roving servers bring you a wine selection to any of the chef counters. — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, "Ambitious Bravery Chef Hall now open downtown," 24 July 2019 The best use of his genius wouldnât be to serve Biafra as a roving ambassador like Achebe, or to work creatively, composing poems or anthems, or designing propaganda posters as the artist Uche Okeke did. — Emmanuel Iduma, The New York Review of Books, "âGone Like a Meteorâ: Epitaph for the Lost Youth of the Biafran War," 30 May 2019 Their escape plan rapidly unravels in this quicksand town and Mozaffari captures it all with a sense of breathless immediacy, a wildly roving handheld camera just trying to keep up. — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, "Review: Canadian drama âFirecrackersâ marks the daring arrival of new talent," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'roving.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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