Example Sentences

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Bread pudding is essentially a blank canvas for whatever bits and bobs are floating around your kitchen waiting for purpose.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

They estimate that about 27 million tons of nanoplastics are floating in this region alone.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Dozens of tankers filled with Russian oil are floating at sea without buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The problem is rates on both savings accounts and money-market funds are floating.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Balls and tendrils are floating everywhere, and of course I’m late for homeroom.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass