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View definitions for adrift

adrift

adverb as in floating out of control

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adverb as in without purpose

adverb as in off course

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Example Sentences

He and Evans never find their groove, and while Evans’ Boston-accented deadbeat cad routine is rote for him at this point, Johnson feels adrift, never locking in to a specific tone.

A search was launched after a ferry said it had seen a body adrift off the coast of Calais.

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Rival Lando Norris of McLaren had a difficult race, finishing sixth after a couple of key errors, to fall 62 points adrift off Verstappen with 86 still available in the final three races.

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The hosts had been on the back foot in the first half, fortunate to only be two points adrift as Marcus Smith's boot repaired some of the damage from Tele'a and Will Jordan's tries.

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Payne’s voice — so flexible and powerful within One Direction’s group dynamic — was more adrift as a solo act.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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