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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of drift.
Examples
“The sound of my name drifted off, and then, I was asleep.”
“Well Michael Cera was in Youth in Revolt which drifted from the source material a bit, but primarily it honored it and I thought it was an amazing adaptation.”
“I am sorry to say this, but history says this happened under President Bush's watch; history says that he drifted from the true focus point of where we needed to be.”
“It's fundamentally at the heart of how you connect with voters, who clearly drifted from the Democratic Party last night.”
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“Her voice drifted from the doorway to the left and he ducked under the wooden lintel and went through.”
“Whenever he heard it he remembered those stories Roland had told him about ancient travelers huddling in their camps while the wailing night rose around them, until they folded to the sound and drifted from the fire, one by one, into the range of the stilling gaze.”
“I thought the discussion had drifted from the original article, but this comment is increasingly valid.”
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“On the morning I arrive, pondweed has once again drifted menacingly back to the canal – no matter how often Myers and her colleagues remove the plant, it returns, often within hours, at the height of the weed season.”
“An almost palpable stink drifted from the screen whenever a Sinclairite appeared.”
“Just how far from normality they have drifted is yet to be seen, but “it harrows me with fear and wonder”.”
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Poetrie: Forgetfulness
Forgetfulness
by Billy Collins
The name of the author is the first to go
followed obediently by the title, the plot,
the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel ...poem, drifted, battle, bicycle, oblivion, mythological, obscure, poised, address, memorize, quadratic equation, muses and 8 more...
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Louises The Hunter by the cage retrained his gun on me. It had drifted a little during the beheading. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
Mar 29, 2012