'stray' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'stray' with 4 example sentences.
- stray adjective
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: not close together in time
: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
- stray verb
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: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
: wander from a direct course or at random
: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- stray noun
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: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
Stay down or you might get hit by a stray bullet.
Do you ever feed stray dogs?
A lost dog strayed into our neighborhood yesterday.
He strayed from his group.