float
Example Sentences
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The Wall Street Journal reported that Iranian delegates floated the possibility of pausing the country’s enrichment of uranium External link.
From Barron's
Jonah worried that they’d floated out of range, or that the battery had stopped working, just like a defective cell phone.
From Literature
When they’d looked after the garden and fished for dinner and checked the beaches for driftwood or bottles or anything else that might have floated in on the tide, Nim had school.
From Literature
“I remember once in Paris, he just stepped out for cigarettes, and the next thing I knew, he was arrested by the police for floating nude down the Seine.”
From Salon
Iran also floated a proposal at the first meeting, in early February, to set up a regional consortium to produce fuel plates from enriched uranium that it could use, diplomats said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
