Example Sentences

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Clotted ribbons of trash were drifting past, from marooned vessels forced to toss rotting garbage overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Stock futures were drifting lower on Sunday night, setting markets up for a muted open after last week’s tech stock selloff.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

Against France they got undone a bit by the way they were drifting in defence - and Scotland had done their homework.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

Ms. Solorio said she was worried that some of her co-workers at the hotel where she oversees housekeeping were drifting toward Ms. Lake.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

The jingling, clopping sounds of horses and loud, laughing voices were drifting in through the open window.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling