: an act or instance of wandering
rove
3 of 5past tense and past participle of reeve
roved; roving
: to join (textile fibers) with a slight twist and draw out into roving
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Examples of rove in a Sentence
Verb (1)
buffalo roving over the vast plains
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
But, in a stroke of political savvy, Harrison leaned into the image, campaigning from town to town in a kind of roving bacchanal.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
König’s list of curatorial credits also includes the tenth outing of Manifesta, the roving European biennial, in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2014.
—Andrew Russeth, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2024
From playing a fierce undercover spy in Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, to a roving warrior on a quest for vengeance in Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai, Erskine’s career goes from strong to stronger.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 June 2024
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Verb
Boylan, who had not ordered a roving night watch as people slept, was convicted in 2023 of seaman’s manslaughter and sentenced in May to four years in federal prison.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
But, in a stroke of political savvy, Harrison leaned into the image, campaigning from town to town in a kind of roving bacchanal.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
König’s list of curatorial credits also includes the tenth outing of Manifesta, the roving European biennial, in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2014.
—Andrew Russeth, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2024
From playing a fierce undercover spy in Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, to a roving warrior on a quest for vengeance in Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai, Erskine’s career goes from strong to stronger.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 June 2024
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“Rove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rove. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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