drifted

VERB

move aimlessly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amble dance flit float flow flutter hover linger meander ride sail slide stray stroll waft wander wash

STRONG

accumulate aim amass coast flicker flitter gad gallivant gather gravitate malinger mosey muck saunter scud skim tend

WEAK

be carried along draw near go with the tide go-that-a-way kick around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

go direct run stay

STRONG

disperse dissipate divide scatter spend

WEAK

decide direct guide set

Example Sentences

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drifted

As my mind drifted, the sound of a breeze, created by handheld fans, filled the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Stocks in the continent drifted more broadly, as weakness in oil majors and luxury stocks dragged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yields have drifted higher along with oil prices over the course of the Iran war, now in its sixth month.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

“I don’t even know if I like her,” Michael said, but even as the words drifted out of his mouth, he thought about her smile and how it lit up her whole face.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly