stray in English

adjective
1
not in the right place; separated from the group or target.
he pushed a few stray hairs from her face
noun
1
a stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.
The former stray , who had been Mr Boffey's companion for the past three years, was later found unharmed in another farm vehicle.
synonyms:homeless animalstray dog/catwaif
verb
1
move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place.
I strayed a few blocks in the wrong direction
synonyms:wander offgo astrayget separatedget lostdigressdeviatewanderget sidetrackedgo off on/at a tangentveer offget off the subject
adjective
noun
    homeless animal
verb

Use "stray" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "stray" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "stray", or refer to the context using the word "stray" in the English Dictionary.

1. I'm a stray dog.

2. I'm not a stray.

3. We couldn't identify the stray child.

4. Mother said not to stray

5. Stray papers littered his desk.

6. The heavy rain made us stray.

7. 25 Stray papers littered his desk.

8. What about those stray dogs?

9. Don't stray from the point.

10. We were befriended by a stray dog.

11. It was a stray thought I...

12. This dog must be a stray.

13. I thought you were a stray baboon.

14. Brett's always taking in stray animals.

15. She brushed aside a stray wisp of hair.

16. Don't stray from the point too much.

17. A stray bullet whistled past his ear.

18. Absence of problems caused by stray currents.

19. It could have been a stray shot.

20. Looks like our stray has a hobby.

21. Photodetector arrangement and method for stray light compensation

22. Their truck was hit by a stray bomb.

23. 2 days ago · (Cinematheque) “Stray” Elizabeth Lo’s imaginative new film “Stray” is a mostly wordless documentary that follows a stray dog living in Istanbul alongside other homeless canines, as well

24. Stray is a related term of Astray

25. I see you found our wandering stray.

26. Stray dogs roamed the streets at night.

27. She brushed a stray hair away from her face.

28. Don’t look aside; Not for a moment stray!

29. Be careful not to stray from the path.

30. Same ravine where we found our stray woodcutter.

31. Wisely, Vineria does not stray from proven success.

32. A civilian was killed by a stray bullet.

33. A stray pixel in the eternal bit map.

34. The dog was a stray which had been adopted.

35. She pushed a stray curl away from her eyes.

36. Some, after making mistakes, stray from the fold.

37. Method of and integrated optical circuit for stray light absorption

38. Personal communication method and apparatus with acoustic stray field cancellation

39. But stray too far from cover and she's courting trouble

40. If there is a suitcase, I'll spiralling out to stray.

41. The stray cats are wormed and treated with flea powder.

42. Thinking he was a stray goose , she caught him .

43. The conversation had begun to stray into dangerous territory.

44. We scoured through the fields, looking for stray sheep.

45. The stray dogs are wormed and treated with flea powder.

46. Spark Arrestors can help prevent stray sparks from fireplaces

47. Synonyms: purposeless, random, stray, pointless More Synonyms of Aimless

48. Suprunyuk suggested tackling the fears by torturing stray dogs.

49. The dog was a stray found on the streets of Moscow.

50. Spoiled little girl gets her kicks dragging stray men in here.