Definition of Straying

the act of stepping off of a perceived path or deviating from a goal

Examples of Straying in a sentence

The wayward driver was distracted by her text message and didn’t realize she was straying between the lines until she nearly collided with another car.  🔊

The former honors student fell in with a dangerous crowd of drug users and ended up straying far from her original path towards medical school.  🔊

Aiden’s mother adjusted her son’s hand when his crayon started straying outside the lines of his coloring book.  🔊

The parade-goer didn’t realize she was straying from her group until she found herself lost in the middle of a crowd of strangers.  🔊

She knew her mind was straying from studying when she found herself all too eager to clean the house and do laundry.  🔊

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