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

The first rescue vessels arrived at around 3:30 am, Sajili said, although those bobbing in the water faced a longer wait.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 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

As I stood there with my arms out, my head bobbing, and my mouth babbling, “I ... I ... I ...” Claire turned away.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan