afloat

• The strongest rumours are afloat, and increase with regard to his leaning towards the Opposition; and certainly these invitations do not discourage them. —  Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents
• The purposes and motives of Jesus may be but poorly understood by man; but in this woman's case we see the possibility of stories strange and untrue getting afloat, and it appears to have been the wiser course to make plain the truth then and there. —  Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
• Of course the wildest rumours were afloat, the cheaper newspapers had details that had been evolved from the brilliant imagination of creative reporters; a score of them had already besieged the manager of the Royal Palace Hotel and were making his life a burden to him. —  The Slave of Silence
• He too afloat,--afloat. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
• It was amazing to me to find over twenty thousand men and boys afloat--the merriest, cheerfullest lot which I had ever met.

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