Example Sentences

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Drifts of ornamental grasses underplanted with bulbs for seasonal interest figure prominently in these Land Morphology designs.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Drifts were piled deep along the parade route, and more than 58,000 tons of snow was hauled away by 6,000 men and 500 wagons, according to news reports of the time.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2017

Drifts of dirt piled up against doors and windows.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Drifts of white cottony fluff floated by, piling up among blades of a grassy lawn.

From New York Times • May 24, 2012

Drifts of sawdust and curls of wood shavings lay on the floor.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown