drift off

Example Sentences

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As easily as the mind can drift off course, it also has the remarkable ability to refocus.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

I’ll scroll until I drift off, which I shouldn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

"Sliced up eyeballs" and "goats of lust" aren't traditionally the sort of images that help your toddler drift off to sleep.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2024

I’ve seen patients who’ve made the very conscious decision to end their pregnancy make the sign of the cross or grasp a rosary as they drift off under anesthesia.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2024

We drift off to sleep curled around each other, neither of us talking, just letting the world make some noise for us for a while because all the other words don’t matter right now.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon