driftwood
Example Sentences
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“The Housemaid” stumbles, and it doesn’t help that Sweeney spends much of the film meandering throughout its narrative like a piece of driftwood that keeps washing back onto the shore.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
Soldiers and police had helped clear the debris and driftwood.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
"Coming into a world where you are not as accepted, you are a bit like driftwood," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
Joel Kawahara of Quilcene, Wash., suggests Ruby Beach, which is a rugged patch of rocky shoreline, often full of driftwood, in Olympic National Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The occasional tree became an occasional shrub, and then a piece of driftwood, scrubbed white by the sand.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
