- present participle of ramble.
rambling
Example Sentences
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The book also compared the UK to a "rambling stately home" in which the power was only on in some rooms.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
After Debbie divorced, she sent a rambling letter to Nancy, saying how guilty she felt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
The California Military Academy spent a spectacular few of its early years, circa 1906, on the water at Santa Monica, leasing out the rambling Victorian pile that had once been the Arcadia Hotel.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Drake still has an impeccable ear for production and an incredible talent for hook-writing, much in the same way that Trump knows how to make rambling sentences sing via his unorthodox delivery.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
We’re still some distance from Urum al-Kubra when I see blue smoke-haze hanging like cobwebs around the trees rambling up the hills.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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