drifter

Example Sentences

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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

The Times, in an editorial, warned of “an army of floaters and drifters and plain hobos now headed to Southern California from all parts of the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times

The buildings are frequented at night by the kind of drifters and petty criminals that Brückner once was.

From BBC

A drifter, he lived in Portugal's Algarve region, on and off, for years.

From BBC

“A man makes his choices,” Baldwin’s crusty, guilt-ridden drifter says to his grandkid at one point.

From Los Angeles Times