Mr. Bloom strayed thoughtfully back to the captain, and stood meditating.
'The old woman's mare strayed last night, and I don't know where to look for her.'
But if they ever strayed across the path of the queen, she would kick them out of her sight like dogs.
His mind strayed back to the youth in the old Russian folk-tale who shot an enchanted bird with dramatic results.
A Goat strayed away from the flock, tempted by a patch of clover. The Goatherd tried to call it back, but in vain.
But a little pig that had strayed around in front of the house heard the noise, and ran away in great fear to the pigsty.
These thoughts strayed dreamily through the mind of Prince Michael, as he smiled under the stubble of his polychromatic beard.
"I understand perfectly that you should like it here--for a time." His glance strayed down the gold-roofed windings ahead of them.
The room was very quiet; but presently Phronsie strayed in, and seeing Polly studying, climbed up in a chair by the window to watch the birds hop over the veranda and pick up worms in the grass beside the carriage drive.
They had strayed a long way off the path, and the jungle was so thick with bushes and creepers and vines that sometimes they could hardly move at all, and the Doctor had to take out his pocket-knife and cut his way along.