Wayward in a sentence as an adjective

After a decade of gently beating wayward mefites over the head with a clue stick, you deserve a break.

Simply, the only way for wayward ideas to be uprooted is to expose them to the full light of scrutiny.

You have a better chance of winning the lottery twice, getting struck by lightning three times, then getting snuffed out by a wayward meteor.

Keep in mind that this wasn't a wayward bomb - the innocent bystander in your story - but a target hit three times across several minutes.

If it's good enough to test Nuclear armaments, it's probably good enough to handle the occasional wayward cannonball.

As a matter of very explicit design, executive discretion is the primary check on wayward legislative power.

Namely that the odds of someone who isn't suicidal and who isn't involved in criminal activity dying from a gunshot wound are about the same as the odds of being hit by a wayward meteor.

Wayward definitions

adjective

resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

See also: contrary obstinate perverse