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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a stray" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that is wandering or lost, often in a context related to animals or people who are without a home or direction.
Example: "The dog wandered into the yard, looking lost and alone, as a stray seeking shelter."
Alternatives: "like a lost soul" or "as an outcast".
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They have makeshift alarms around the house but somehow a huge flock of walkers makes the same ruckus as a stray dog, fooling Daryl completely.
And the parallelism that haunts the play is intensified by the odd kinship between Kathy Kiera Clarke as Ian's lover and Tom Jordan Murphy as a stray contact.
Out-of-field stray light was characterized using the Sun as a stray light source.
(Just as a stray example, consider how arbitrary the tragedies of "The Great Gatsby" ultimately seem).
President Traian Basescu and other politicians in Bucharest sometimes treat their neighbour as a stray province, not a proper country.
A stray word about race could be as explosive as a stray word about the financial markets.
If so much as a stray feather in your eggbox freaks you out, then this is not for you.
"We took it in as a stray when we found her and tried to give her a good home," he said.
The lack of clutter is almost surreal, with not so much as a stray paper clip visible to the naked eye.
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"And Valencia," wrote Conrado Valle in AS, "is a stray greyhound with no collar and no food, just walking around awaiting death".
A 20-year-old homeless woman who lives on the river was also rescued with them, as was a stray dog.
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