Verb
We wended through the narrow streets.
We wended our way through the narrow streets.
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Verb
While the appeal wends its way through the Appellate Court, Dexter is being housed at River Valley Animal Center.—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024 For almost 300 pages, Phillips wends along the vague barrier that separates pasture from forest, reason from madness.—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 18 June 2024 The case wended its way through lower courts, which struck down the ban, before arriving at the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hand down a decision in June.—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024 From the cynicism and compromises of middle age, the show wends its way back to the innocence and idealism of young adulthood.—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for wend
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English wendan; akin to Old High German wenten to turn, Old English windan to twist — more at wind entry 3
Noun
German Wende, from Old High German Winida; akin to Old English Winedas, plural, Wends
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