bobbing

Example Sentences

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Rangers were bobbing and weaving and finding their range.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Office workers being tossed around their workplaces; cars bobbing in the surf like ice cubes in a punchbowl; skyscrapers waving like reeds in the wind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Those who survived then spent hours bobbing in life jackets or clinging to other floatation devices while awaiting rescue, the 53-year-old lawyer said.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

The foreground is a scar of denuded earth, storage tanks and bobbing pumpjacks — the legacy of oil discovered a century ago when only farmhouses were scattered over the surrounding flatlands.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

It was like I could feel time slowing down...feel it stopping...going backwards...back to third grade angels...second grade cats...first grade babies...little yellow tugboats bobbing in the water...bobbing...bobbing...

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli