bobbing

Example Sentences

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Now we are four confused people bobbing up and down in this cauldron of unbearable repetition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

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

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

“What if we take it to the news?” a woman holding a newborn suggested from the front row, bobbing up and down to soothe her child.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro