drift
noun
was drifting
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past progressiveof drift.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At the instant of detonation, an exhausted Dickman was drifting in and out of sleep, his feet resting on luggage.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Sandberg grew concerned her organization was drifting, some of the people said, despite growth in the number of Lean In peer groups known as Circles and a data partnership with McKinsey, the consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Polls were suggesting that the state was drifting away from Mr Biden, University of Georgia Professor Charles Bullock told BBC News.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024
After briefly reaching $390 during the summer of 2021, AMC’s stock was drifting below $3 last week.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
Harry listened; a loud and oddly eerie noise was drifting toward them from out of the darkness: a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, as though an immense vacuum cleaner were moving along a riverbed.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
