flotsam

Example Sentences

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Pushing racist flotsam and jetsam aside, Bailey has already received a seal of approval from Jodi Benson, who voiced the rebellious sea princess in the original musical.

From Los Angeles Times

Its most haunting components are six unnervingly lifelike human figures dressed in office attire, balled up inside garbage bags like corporate flotsam.

From New York Times

While their research isn’t finished or published yet, Lowe has a cursory analysis: “It looks like so far, the sharks don’t care. They treat people as if they’re flotsam, just floating debris on the surface.”

From The Verge

Little do they know that Kouame, 26, transforms the flotsam into artworks valued at up to $1,000 by cutting the rubber and plastic soles into pieces that he assembles into large collages.

From Reuters

His first major solo exhibition, “No Gyal Can Test,” is on view at the Red Bull Arts Detroit gallery through July and features large-scale sculptures made from flotsam salvaged from his childhood home in Jamaica.

From New York Times