- present participle of drift.
drifting
Example Sentences
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Instead, she saw a black shadowy mist drifting around the room filled with toys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
She described black soot on window sills and foul odors drifting through the streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The haze has prompted school closures in Malaysia and East Timor, with haze drifting into Singapore and as far afield as the Philippines.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
As he tried to check if the local health centre was open in the middle of the night Sandra's pain left her and she started "drifting off".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
It’s the mechanic, and smoke is drifting up from the knives in my machine.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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