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'stray' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'stray' with 4 example sentences.


stray adjective

: not close together in time

: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home

stray verb

: 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

: 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.
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