drift
Example Sentences
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For 10 days, while many people watched Nasa's Artemis mission drift around the Moon through livestreams and dramatic spacecraft selfies, Will Parker was watching something very different.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
When these crystals are dislodged—by sudden movement, aging or a head injury—they can drift into one of the semicircular canals of the inner ear.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Les and Lindy fall in and out of understanding as they drift into a state of war; she gains power, self-knowledge and self-sufficiency, even as he falls apart.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Without a stable point to settle, they drift away instead of forming a conductive bridge.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
There were 346 miles of that to cross—assuming the drift of the pack didn’t change course and carry them helplessly in another direction.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing drift
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 4
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