Example Sentences

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Drifts of sand have blown into the homes, and in some rooms, they obscure walls and nearly reach the ceiling.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Drifts were piled deep along the parade route, and more than 58,000 tons of snow was hauled away by 6,000 men and 500 wagons, according to news reports of the time.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2017

Drifts of dirt piled up against doors and windows.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

In ‘Blockade Billy,’ King Drifts Back Into Baseball In the season of Stephen Strasburg comes another phenom, a fictional one created by Stephen King.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2010

Drifts climbed the walls and filled the crenels along the battlements, white blankets covered every roof, tents sagged beneath the weight.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin