floats

/ fləʊts /

plural noun

1. See footlights
   theatre another word for footlights

Example Sentences

The film often floats back and forth between these moments of satire and sadness.

From The Daily Beast

Mainstream gays want Pride parades to play well in Peoria, with large corporate floats and photogenic participants.

From The Daily Beast

Across the world, a rusty World War II fort floats off the English coast.

From The Daily Beast

But Still Walking is bathed in lovely summer light, and it floats on air.

From The Daily Beast

There were a couple of black children on one of the floats, and a plump black tuba player marched with the high school band.

From The Daily Beast

We were mere atoms in a vast wave of horn and bone and flesh that bore us onward as the tide floats driftwood.

From Project Gutenberg

A single oar used rather as rudder than paddle guides the tank to the middle of the stream, where it floats to its destination.

From Project Gutenberg

Soon it floats—as I explained just now—and conversation starts again on theology.

From Project Gutenberg

To-day the sky is unclouded, the sea calm; the flood tide floats the fishers gently to the shore.

From Project Gutenberg

Floats, or bobs, were made from bits of wood, and the baited hook was allowed to sink ten or twelve feet.

From Project Gutenberg