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Drifting is an English word with synonyms like aimless or floating. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Drifting in a sentence

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Drifting meaning

  1. Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
  2. Without direction, focus, or goal.

Synonyms of Drifting

Using Drifting

  • The main meaning on this page is: Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces. | Without direction, focus, or goal.
  • Useful related words include: aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant.
  • In the example corpus, drifting often appears in combinations such as: and drifting, drifting away, drifting in.

Context around Drifting

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Drifting

  • In this selection, "drifting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, brake, grains, extensive, away, towards and zebrina stand out and add context to how "drifting" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include all were drifting into call and and extensive drifting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "drifting" sits close to words such as anthropology, behaved and bracing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with drifting

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Brake drifting is easy to learn but challenging to master. (10 words)

While drifting or after drifting by volatilisation it can become vapor, gas. (12 words)

I was stuck between two places, uncertain and unmoored, drifting like the lily pads. (14 words)

Despite Khan’s claim that Brexit is doing “immense damage” to Britain, it appears that Khan is drifting ever further into the minority in suggesting that any backtracking on Britain leaving the EU would be a good idea. (38 words)

Imagine showers of little green sand grains drifting through the ocean: collecting on coral reefs, rolling off the backs of whales, sprinkling schools of tuna — and helping to save all those creatures, and humanity, too. (35 words)

NSW Ambulance paramedics were called to Short Street, Mudgee shortly after 4pm on Tuesday afternoon where a woman is said to have been drifting in and out of consciousness after being found in a pool. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

While drifting or after drifting by volatilisation it can become vapor, gas.

And so just if we'd see a ramp in distribution growth or buybacks, if it looks like you all were drifting into call it mid-2s or even low-2s.

As he tries to radio for help, the tugboat is jolted by the drifting Zebrina that has circled back around to T-bone the tugboat.

At least one of the displays will be a tethered balloon so you don't have to worry about drifting away from all of the activities on site.

Brake drifting is easy to learn but challenging to master.

Despite Khan’s claim that Brexit is doing “immense damage” to Britain, it appears that Khan is drifting ever further into the minority in suggesting that any backtracking on Britain leaving the EU would be a good idea.

Despite this, the public mood on the island seems to be drifting away from such outside realities.

Drifting from one free city to the next, they're occasionally taken in by those loyal to House Targaryen, but just as often, the two children must beg on the street.

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Drifting smoke from wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States.

Drifting towards a conclusion here as Andre Onana produces a camera save to deny a deflected effort that looped high off Lisandro Martinez.

Imagine showers of little green sand grains drifting through the ocean: collecting on coral reefs, rolling off the backs of whales, sprinkling schools of tuna — and helping to save all those creatures, and humanity, too.

In 2021, an AP investigation found at least seven migrant boats from northwest Africa got lost in the Atlantic and were found drifting across the Caribbean and even in Brazil, carrying only lifeless bodies.

It came about 6 p.m., hours after shutting down 130 miles of I-90 from Chamberlain to Sioux Falls due to high winds causing blizzard-like conditions and extensive drifting.

I was stuck between two places, uncertain and unmoored, drifting like the lily pads.

Neither side made a change at the break, but Tom Shaw’s men came out the quickest, and an Adelukan corner that was drifting in was headed off the line by Alex Hartridge.

NSW Ambulance paramedics were called to Short Street, Mudgee shortly after 4pm on Tuesday afternoon where a woman is said to have been drifting in and out of consciousness after being found in a pool.

Officers then located the victim, a 22-year-old man, on the floor in a nearby property, drifting in and out of consciousness, with what appeared to be two bullet wounds.

On arrival the rider made it safely to shore and the drifting jet ski was towed to shore and reunited with the owner.

On Sunday morning, the ship’s captain had reported that the vessel was drifting towards a breakwater, with Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya reporting that authorities were unable to maintain contact with the crew.

Police warned people in Hamburg, Germany, to close their windows early Sunday after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city.

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Common combinations with drifting

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "drifting" in a sentence?
An example: "While drifting or after drifting by volatilisation it can become vapor, gas." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "drifting" from authentic English texts.
What does "drifting" mean?
Drifting means: Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
What are synonyms of "drifting"?
Common synonyms of "drifting" include: aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant, unsettled, wandering, roving, vagabondage.
How many example sentences with "drifting" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "drifting", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.