How to Use nomadic in a Sentence

nomadic

adjective
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  • The journey is one of the last vestiges of a nomadic past.
    — Avedis Hadjian, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The horse world may be nomadic, but the party runs all year long in Ocala.
    — Adam H. Graham, Robb Report, 6 June 2023
  • The Fulani people of West Africa are the world’s largest nomadic group.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 18 July 2023
  • For thousands of years, the Seri were nomadic, roaming in small groups along the coast.
    — The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The next extended phase of her life was far more nomadic.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The founders have all passed, but their nomadic spirits remain central to the brand’s DNA.
    — Pia Velasco, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Even the nomadic harfoots have their own distinct look.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 19 July 2022
  • If the Coyotes move, sense around the league is that Salt Lake may be as much of a contender as Houston as the next home for the nomadic desert dogs . . .
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • Which, in her already nomadic life, means going to even more places.
    — Bob Guccione Jr., SPIN, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In turn, earth’s rootedness can make a nomadic fire sign feel trapped.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 3 Feb. 2023
  • But her songs all share that nomadic sense of wandering.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Hence this nomadic 35ml case, to take everywhere with you.
    — Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Amid rising tension and paranoia, nomadic herders are no longer able to move with freedoms of the past.
    — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 28 Feb. 2022
  • For me, this theme song perfectly sets the mood and tone of the show, giving it a kind of space Western, outlaw, nomadic feel.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 11 Dec. 2022
  • That feels like quite like a nomadic approach to existing within the world.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The Scythians were nomadic warriors, and many of their warriors were women . . .
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • The study team had first thought nomadic hunters moved between distant kites with the migrations of herds of gazelles and antelopes.
    — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
  • The group then moved along one of the country’s main trunk roads to an area near Mauritania, where nomadic herders roam both sides of the border.
    — Joe Parkinson, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2022
  • This is key in a country where nomadic herders would have to drive hours to accomplish simple tasks.
    — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 11 May 2022
  • This first taste of travel independence was the start of two decades of nomadic living.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The designer lives a somewhat nomadic lifestyle and came across the building while traveling in the region in the late 1980s.
    — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2023
  • For hundreds of thousands of years, people were nomadic.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2023
  • In the nomadic tribes where our communal instincts evolved over hundreds of thousands of years, this was a matter of life and death.
    — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The chain of isles was discovered and inhabited 8,000 years ago by the Chonos, who were nomadic canoeists.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The once nomadic tribe hunted big game and gathered grasses and fruits for nourishment.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Red crossbills are nomadic in their feeding and nesting habits and a bit harder to locate.
    — Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
  • Of the many, here are four notable nomadic communities.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
  • What was meant to be a year off for her turned into a nomadic lifestyle financed by working as yacht chef for 2-3 months a year and traveling for the rest.
    — Devon Brown, Essence, 10 June 2022
  • The wall functioned as a barrier against nomadic groups of the vast steppe north of China, historians say.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • It was founded by Graham Cullis, 41, a nomadic painter, who was visiting the Rockaways in the fall and wanted friends with whom to do cold water plunges.
    — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023

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