drift off

Example Sentences

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As easily as the mind can drift off course, it also has the remarkable ability to refocus.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

I’ve seen patients who’ve made the very conscious decision to end their pregnancy make the sign of the cross or grasp a rosary as they drift off under anesthesia.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2024

Struggling to stay awake, I turn on my clip-on lamp to read the New Yorker until I drift off to sleep.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2023

Then they just sort of drift off, following whatever train of thought rumbles through the writer-director’s mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

The security bots continue their randomized rotations; some of the assets being used to guard this auction now drift off to patrol another one that has just started.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu