drifter

A swaggering drifter named Hal Carter arrives in town looking for work, and by sunset he has thrown the community, especially the fragile Madge Owens, into emotional turmoil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Benji, something of a chatty drifter, has never quite found himself, at least not by David’s standards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

To some, he was a rollicking drifter in ragamuffin punk tatters.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023

It might have helped if Siff had a sturdier partner, but Alexander’s wan emo sensibility lacks the haunted charisma of a sexy drifter attempting to move on from his past.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

Made him feel worse than I did watching poor Trevor leveling the floor like some drifter slaving for a night’s rest in a bed.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

Avedon also focused extensively on the American West, which served as the setting for his 1985 portrait series of coal miners, oil field workers, ranchers, drifters and ordinary people that he considered his masterwork.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Earlier this year, he escaped to Dali, a magnet for drifters in China’s Yunnan province known for its scenic mountains and slow pace of life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Collected by gliders, floats and drifters, these instruments provide valuable information about the most turbulent region of the hurricane environment, called the boundary layer, where the air meets the ocean.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

He welcomed her into his commune of misfits and drifters, which called itself the Family and coalesced at a ranch outside of Los Angeles, where she found herself captivated by his wild-eyed charisma.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023

Come November, as the weather turns cold across the rest of the country, some five thousand snowbirds and drifters and sundry vagabonds congregate in this otherworldly setting to live on the cheap under the sun.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer