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

The kraken laid her on a piece of driftwood, as carefully as a child laying down a doll.

From Literature

Soldiers and police had helped clear the debris and driftwood.

From Barron's

It looked like a chunk of driftwood, but as Roz marched closer, she saw that it was a sea creature, slowly swimming against the current.

From Literature

My tent set up and food safely stored in the provided metal boxes, I went over to the tiny beach and sat on a driftwood log, relaxing under the sun’s warm rays.

From Los Angeles Times