floating

Example Sentences

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"The kids had been playing with some toys the night before and they were just floating about," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Our own era is one of disembodied images, of videos maybe not even made by humans, floating around on a confused profusion of platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Morningstar’s revenue projections are also significantly more conservative than the numbers floating around Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

At the center, they placed a 1.5-meter-wide pool of crude oil floating on water.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

As it flowed back, the wave of water dragged with it so many trees that a floating mass of logs covered the entire surface of the water.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone