Example Sentences

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Jazz music drifts into the night from an open doorway guarded by a resolute figure in a black suit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Not a clean forecast that drifts back to normal in six months, but a year — possibly two — of elevated prices, which potentially could build on the increases of the past five.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

As she drifts through town, feeling suddenly shorn of her identity, she comes across a traveling circus and is somehow taken on as a volunteer for the sawing-in-half trick, which involves hiding inside a box.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Swim, the album's first single, is subtle and restrained, the sort of music that drifts lazily into your ears before getting stuck on your internal radio.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

He nods as his finger drifts to the stitches at his forehead.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina