drifter

Example Sentences

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Her father, Rex S. Walls, was a hard-drinking drifter who dreamed of inventing a gold-detecting gizmo that would make him rich enough to build a solar-powered glass castle for his family to live in.

From New York Times

Fusing cinematic technique with investigative journalism and activism with art, Morris dissected the troubling case of Randall Dale Adams, a drifter who was charged with the 1976 murder of a Dallas police officer.

From Los Angeles Times

The silver darling, as it was then known, was the town's lifeblood and it was said you could cross the River Yare by walking on the decks of the drifters.

From BBC

Then there are surface drifters, that are drifting with the surface current.

From The Verge

Cage plays a drifter whose car breaks down in a small town.

From New York Times