drifting
Example Sentences
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“Girl” is the only example in this series to feature his best-known motif: a little girl reaching wistfully for a drifting balloon, Gouzer said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Smoke from the Santa Rosa Islands Fire has been drifting towards our region.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
In Meghalaya's capital, music spills constantly through public life: church choirs rehearsing late into the evening, teenage metal bands in garages, blues musicians drifting through dimly-lit bars.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
One big point in stocks’ favor: While rates have been gradually drifting upwards, nothing like 2022’s barrage of rate hikes is on the table, at least so far.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Fog drifting in from the northern Pacific Ocean blankets its rice paddies, apple orchards, and cattle farms.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
