rambling
aimlessly wandering.
taking an irregular course; straggling: a rambling brook.
spread out irregularly in various directions: a rambling mansion.
straying from one subject to another; desultory: a rambling novel.
Origin of rambling
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Other words from rambling
- ram·bling·ly, adverb
- ram·bling·ness, noun
- un·ram·bling, adjective
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How to use rambling in a sentence
This too has become a full-time thing, where crispy chicken and fried mushrooms are served in the restaurant’s rambling garden on the water.
Denmark Is Open to Americans—Here’s What It’s Like to Visit Right Now | Mary Holland | July 2, 2021 | The Daily BeastWe took a hike on an obscure, overgrown trail that led pretty much nowhere—just the sort of long, delightful, pointless rambling I like these days.
Cummings sat down across from Pitcher’s desk, but before Pitcher could say anything, Cummings dove into a rambling saga centered in Valdez, Alaska, where he’d lived for more than two decades.
So there is my rant, I dig a bit more into this on my personal blog if you want more of this rambling.
Passage based rankings, core web vitals and responsive search ads; Friday’s daily brief | Barry Schwartz | February 19, 2021 | Search Engine LandIn 1973, Bedford finally completed a rambling unscholarly biography of her former mentor, Aldous Huxley.
‘Sybille Bedford’ is a gossipy appreciation of an oft-overlooked literary great | Michael Dirda | February 17, 2021 | Washington Post
Like a Jack in the Box just sprung from coiled captivity, he begins rambling excitedly.
In rambling posts, he called himself a loser, and wrote that he must be either bipolar or a psychopath.
School Shooters Love This Pickup Artist Website | Brandy Zadrozny | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe rocker posted a rambling video on his Facebook page claiming he's broke and penniless.
Creed Singer Scott Stapp’s Fall From Grace: From 40 Million Albums Sold to Living in a Holiday Inn | Marlow Stern | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter about one minute of rambling, a woman runs up on stage and directs someone to turn his microphone off.
If I could sum it up in a few choice words, I would, but instead I hem and haw, before stumbling through some rambling rejoinder.
Fear And Self-Loathing In Scandinavia: The Fiction Of Karl Ove Knausgaard | Ted Gioia | May 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe modern castle is a massive, rambling, brown-stone building less than a hundred years old, now servingPg 161 as a county court.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyOur efforts proved successful and a neat, courteous young woman showed us over the rambling house.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyBlack Hoof and his braves had a great fear of the girl when she began her rambling talk.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterThe thoughts chased one another round my brain and back again, all running into one another in their rambling.
My Wonderful Visit | Charlie ChaplinThey amused themselves by fishing, shooting and rambling about.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend Brady
British Dictionary definitions for rambling
/ (ˈræmblɪŋ) /
straggling or sprawling haphazardly; unplanned: a rambling old house
(of speech or writing) lacking a coherent plan; diffuse and disconnected
(of a plant, esp a rose) profusely climbing and straggling
nomadic; wandering
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