drift
Example Sentences
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“Welcome to Texas,” she replied and drifted backward into the crowd.
“For too long, women going into perimenopause and menopause just drifted along, suffering through symptoms. Eventually, they maybe found out they had frail bones and were put on medicines,” says Dr. Tang.
Partridge had heard Kate’s spirits make the sounds of a ship at sea and had watched as furniture mysteriously drifted about the parlor.
From Literature
So even though Nvidia was drifting on Thursday, this could be a good chance for investors to buy in.
From Barron's
For both the equities and fixed-income funds, the managers are “index aware,” mindful of the defined index universe for the particular fund to avoid style drift, sector bets, or hidden concentration risks.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
