were floating
- past progressive of float.
Example Sentences
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By January, entire plot summaries were floating around social media, while the movie-logging platform Letterboxd was review-bombed with leaks and poor ratings.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
"In the end, we just held on to the upside-down life raft and floated. We were floating at sea for more than three hours," he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
The last three USC centers were floating down Whitefish River last July, marveling at the Montana mountains, when suddenly Brett Neilon and his tube went careening into the river bank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
It is not clear how the babies survived three days in the lake, but onlookers say they were floating on debris.
From BBC ● May 10, 2023
He had his eyes raised upwards as if we were floating above him in the air.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
