How to use "straying" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "straying" in popular movie and book plots

  • Little Helen, Mayor Southwick's child, straying away from an automobile party, gets lost in the woods.  - The Barrier of Flames
  • Seeing a lamb straying into the forest, she chases after it to find that it has been torn apart by a black hairy beast.  - La Bête (film)
  • Though he managed to rear a pair of bullocks that he found straying in the forest, he cannot use them to till the land.  - Chomana Dudi
  • In 2000, 10-year-old Dave Stutler, encounters Balthazar in his Manhattan antique store, after straying from his school field trip.  - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 film)
  • Inadvertently straying into Kazon-Ogla space, he is attacked by a young Kazon (Aron Eisenberg as Kar) on his first mission.  - Initiations (Star Trek: Voyager)
  • Leo laments about the dangers of sex straying him from his work, only for a kiss to occur between Leo and Ulla ("That Face").  - The Producers (2005 film)
  • To stop it straying from this path, the Time Police have Observers out in history, tweaking events to make sure that they go the right way.  - A Tale of Time City

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