bobbing

Example Sentences

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It shows a harbour littered with lobster boxes and boats bobbing in the water, as well as colourful bunting along the dark streets of St Amelia.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Wearing black Swig shirts, the crew swiftly mixed drinks with bobbing limes and swirling cream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Many benchmark indexes are still bobbing around record highs, and that has many investors concerned about high stock valuations.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

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

I turn around to see a short redheaded girl with masses of freckles bobbing toward us with her tray.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish