bobbed
Example Sentences
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Off a Mediterranean beach, countless shoes bobbed in the blue waters, abandoned by migrants who had swum to this slice of Spanish territory along the Strait of Gibraltar, just off the coast of Morocco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
On a recent morning, two surfers bobbed up and down on their boards directly in front of the new Club Med.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Most of us stood very still, as though afraid that if if we bobbed too much, we’d shake the music from our heads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
There they bobbed for ninety minutes before a rescue ship was able to lift them from the water.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
