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Meandered

Meander \Me*an"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Meandering.] To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran.
--Coleridge.

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meandered

vb. (en-past of: meander)

Usage examples of "meandered".

Long runnels of mushed ashes meandered away from their bases, sluiced out by the rain.

A dozen streams bubbling out from the head of the valley funnelled into a small river which meandered off into the distance.

The wide, boggy river channel which meandered along the centre had siphoned the bulk of the tide away, without giving it a chance to amass in dangerously unstable colloidal waves.

The rivers of coloured light which emanated from Tinkerbell’s internal coruscations meandered over the ground.

The old pony meandered along placidly and the clopping of her hooves and the creaking of the two-wheeled cart made an odd sort of music.

My various attempts at a history of the Six Duchies too often meandered into a history of myself.

And one, an exquisite green serpent that began at the nape of her neck and meandered down her back amongst the others, stood out puffily, like a fresh burn blister.

From the servants’ areas there were six possible entry points to the hidden spy labyrinth that meandered through the entrails of Buckkeep Castle.

Narrow streets, some little more than trails, meandered amongst the crowded little buildings.

A stile stepped up over one of the walls just there, and a path meandered across the field from it toward a nearby pond, sparkling in the sun.

The oarsmen were sturdy fellows and they made good time rowing against the sluggish current of the Mrin River as it meandered its slow way through the fens.

Their party had meandered northward along the busy, bustling Tokaido, across the greatest rice bowl in the Empire.

Once more their passes were checked and now they were escorted with their flare-carrying porters through the donjon main gate, along a passage that meandered, mazelike, between high, battlemented stone walls to the next gate that led to the moat and the innermost wooden bridge.

From the lake a flat river meandered down to the sea and came out halfway along the south coast into a small sandy bay.

For a time they waded through a cool tunnel, and then the river broadened into a deep sluggish channel that meandered, ahead among the giant spider-legs of the mangroves.