ERRANT in a Sentence

Learn ERRANT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for ERRANT, such as:
1. The killing of three children, which is called an errant shelling, dramatically escalated the recent flare in violence.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ERRANT
errant
 a.  uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
 a.  straying from the right course or from accepted standards
Classic Sentence:
1  The errant knight, his master, must needs pass us toll-free.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  The sense that he was watched, that craft was employed to circumvent his errant tastes, added piquancy to a journey so entirely sentimental, so long as the danger was of no fearful sort.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 4 Rough Coercion Is Employed
Example Sentence:
1  The killing of three children, which is called an errant shelling, dramatically escalated the recent flare in violence.