drifty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of drifty
Example Sentences
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“The willowy, drifty vibe looks great in a fall border,” Prinzing says.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022
Who this man is and how he relates to the other characters in this drifty ’60s Hong Kong roundelay is a mystery.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021
Most of the record, particularly its drifty, despondent back half, discards the conventional rhythms of dance music, relying instead on a chromatic, arrhythmic synth-pop haze.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019
Winter’s Bone had some subtle thriller elements that perhaps made it an easier sell, while Leave No Trace, about a veteran and his teenage daughter willingly living on the margins, was a drifty, subdued affair.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2019
I sit on the futon Indian style and can feel the weight of the day on my head, my eyes drifty.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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