Sentence examples for stray towards from inspiring English sources

As the winger's stock rose at Anfield – thanks largely to a clear ambition as well as a self-belief that did not stray towards arrogance, according to those who knew him best at Liverpool – the club's performances retreated.

Kane's willingness to take aim from all sorts of distances and angles did sometimes stray towards being overly indulgent but he scored with a neat finish and, on this form, he will clearly trouble defences in next month's tournament.

Kermorgant received the loudest cheer of the night when he was substituted by Kenwyne Jones, a loan signing from Cardiff City who rescued a point at Ipswich Town last Friday, and Bournemouth's travelling fans can now can be forgiven if they allow their thoughts to stray towards visits from Manchester United and Arsenal.

As he chats amiably about his fight with Lamont Peterson here on Saturday night, perhaps his last at light-welterweight before he trains his gaze on Floyd Mayweather Jr for a mega showdown next year, Khan allows the discussion to stray towards his fiancee, Faryal Makhdoom.

Anderson knows only too well how close Lehmann's team stray towards that, the 32-year-old having been told by Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, to "get ready for a broken fucking arm" when he faced up to Mitchell Johnson during the first Test of the last Ashes series at Brisbane.

Only in this way will we reduce the huge number of chronic migraine patients, who stray towards medication overuse headache (MOH) and are at risk of refractoriness.

His returns, previously safe, now strayed towards the white lines.

Davenport's eyes were already straying towards the exit as the fates seemingly conspired: "I'm just really a little bit amazed.

Throughout Olympic history the key events had taken place on the track or field of the main stadium; four years ago the eyes of the world were straying towards the swimming pool.

Having been a Blur fan since the age of 13 I'd have to say Damon Albarn, but then he has strayed towards classical music in the last few years or at least the classical world.

Attention is already straying towards a country whose membership of the EU is still far from assured: Turkey.The fact that a deal on EU enlargement is now so close is a tribute to both the determination of the candidate countries and the grinding efficiency of the EU's negotiating machinery.