flotsam

Example Sentences

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He recommends self-nudging, deliberately tuning our media inputs and scrolling practices to reduce time spent mentally fending off the internet’s flotsam and jetsam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

“It’s like humans are flotsam that don’t pose a threat, and aren’t food, so they’re ignored,” Lowe said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Though I’ve never been a morning person, I’ve been waking at 5 a.m., thoughts churning in my head like flotsam.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Moreover, Musk’s unbanning of previously banned bad posters has resulted in some truly vile flotsam returning to the platform.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

First the traffic struck me like a tidal wave and carried me along, a bit of shiny flotsam bounded in front by a gasoline truck half a block long.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck