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Sentence Examples The sound of soft calypso music drifts down from another deck as, below her, waves lap at the side of the ship. It serenely drifts through the subdued moments accompanied by yet another diverting calliope! It meanders where it should inspire and it drifts where it should progress. Pinks with lavender blooms spill around drifts of pink-flowered soapwort and rosy pink drumsticks of common thrift. Our boat drifts with the gentle current for an hour or so before gently motoring over to San Toribo reef. The actress has some kittenish mannerisms which sometimes distract but she drifts convincingly enough through the sticky New York nights. The keeper comes out, arms flailing, but the corner is too long and drifts into touch. But at the end of the day, as the midnight sun beams its way through my tent, my mind drifts to simpler thoughts. And, once winter arrives, the stalky seed heads peek through the drifts of snow. And as is inevitable my mind drifts to the topic that has been on my mind for the past two months or so. A soft haar drifts over the water and the midnight sky is streaked with grey midsummer light. The warm comforting smell of coffee drifts closer carrying with it the protecting arms of home. Nature speaks at the tide's turn, when all that drifts is gathered, going round again. The scent of turpentine and oil paint drifts through his open window from his neighbor's house. That life raft still drifts, aimless and unanchored, on the surface of the vast and roiling ocean that is the self. Then, as the rig drifts toward the lake, everyone gathers around and sits at Litton 's feet. A transparent shrimp drifts past my face, the size of a fingernail, and squirts a stream of glowing blue ink at me. Instead, he's donning a frail redingote that drifts like an extravagant bridal tress. In Co Galway, the bog garden at Ardcarraig is planted with drifts of candelabra Primulas, skunk cabbage, Meconopis, Iris and Astilbes. It involves natural-looking gardens and swathes of grasses mixed with drifts of perennials chosen for their shape, color and hardiness. Show More Sentences After half a mile of climbing, the path levelled and the landscape opened out, there were drifts a couple of feet deep at gaps and gateways. A short walk in the mountains, often in snow drifts up to head height, was followed by a toboggan slide back to Grytviken. The faster she tried to move, the slower and more labored her steps became, held back by drifts of garbage washed together with slops and urine. Nothing here is damning, but the whole affair ultimately drifts by inoffensively and unmemorably. Sonny ends his dull and unrewarding relationship with Charlene and drifts into an affair with the older Ruth. Each time it snows again, the dog spins and barks, snapping at flakes, ploughing through drifts, as if this were the first snow she'd ever seen. The first plants to appear with the melting snows include drifts of spring and trumpet gentians, Narcissus asturiensis and spring squill. Thus, he allowed pummeling old school hardcore breakbeats to rampage through drifts of scorching ambience. In past storms, it has taken up to three days just to cut through the drifts. This is a place for snow, ice hardened drifts, yet on a January day, midges danced over the streams. At the top there was blue sky, but wind enough to lick fine spindrift snow from the lips of waist-deep drifts. Everything seems to billow, there are clouds of this and drifts of that, totally in harmony with the languor of a drowsy summer day. My hand drifts to my neck where the dog tag hangs, stating my name and rank as an officer and soldier of war. The strong anticyclone drifts slowly across the sub-continent during the weekend. Torn between honouring his father's memory and staying true to himself, Murdock drifts through law school, and into an uneasy adulthood. The fragrance of roasted meat drifts into your nostrils, appetizing and mouthwatering. There's an underground honeycomb of meditation cells, where incense drifts through the darkness. The eye, as it drifts across the cliff, is arrested by a frontage of columns, which invites us into a sanctuary hollowed from the stone. The northerly wind gusted almost to gale force and whipped the snow into drifts three to four feet deep on the Wolds. Notice for this wind field that graupel falls rapidly to the surface and drifts only a short distance downwind. Show More Sentences The door leading outside was opened to reveal deep drifts of snow and still more whipping harshly around. Once an asteroid drifts into either of those regions, it's hard for it to get out. Eventually, as the crowd drifts away, you realise that your suitcases have gone astray. Professor Shotton asked for amplification of the relationships of the Older Till, which the author dated as Saale, to the later drifts. I eventually crunched my way home through thigh-high drifts of snow, beneath a sky ablaze with the northern lights. Motorists are being advised to take extra care on the roads this week as the big freeze drifts south. As a coffee shop, they offer all the extras you hope for, including lattes served in pre-warmed mugs decorated with thick drifts of creamy foam. Try to fish with the breeze at your back so that your bait gradually drifts away from you and towards the fish. A large owl hunted and there was an abundance of rabbits and beautiful drifts of cotton grass. He waved a hand at the rutted, cratered fields, now overgrown with grass and great crimson drifts of poppies and fireweed. However, sediment drifts mantle the western margins, and slope fans locally encroach onto the rise of the eastern margin. Even atomic clocks can detect drifts in the fine-structure constant only over days or, at most, years. This morning, I trudged through the knee-high drifts of wolves to bring you a picture which sums up the stark terror facing this country. The cottage was quiet, almost buried in the drifts banked up against the walls. It drifts with the currents and pulsates to maintain position at the proper depths. Your attention drifts away from the task at hand just as a car comes around the corner with its high beams on. The novel's working-class protagonist drifts, kills randomly and ferociously. When no longer captivated by what's on stage, the mind drifts involuntarily and temptation inevitably sets in to peek at your timepiece. Occasionally we stop to rescue others who have crashed in the waist-high snow drifts. If it drifts right, you'll catch a downslope, and roll down to about 220 out. Show More Sentences This evening, trudging along through the drifts of ripped leaves and shed blossom I could smell smoke on the air. Out of the office window I see snow, thick drifts bearing the marks of a brave skier gliding down. Fierce blizzards could blow in suddenly, bringing heavy snow that strong winds heaped into deep drifts. The ground was covered with melting snow, drifts and banks still sat on the sidewalk covering the sign posts more than half-way high. The wind picks up, stirring the drifts until the snow looks like it's falling upward. We wanted to dive into the massive drifts of drying leaves, blown or swept high against walls and in gutters. They were passing through a grove of low trees now, with drifts of creamy blossom and the waxy green leaves of citrus trees. Paddling down a river on a warm summer's day is great fun, the world drifts slowly past. The snow fell slowly and it piled into drifts everywhere, sparkling in the grey mist that hung low to the ground. The lone winds teased the white drifts of snow into the air, reminding me oddly of Fantasia. The structure rested next to a steep slope, and snow was piled in thick drifts around it. A fallen leaf drifts briefly into his life, and tells him of the inevitability and capricious nature of death. Bland interrupts his thoughts momentarily, but while she rattles on boringly, his mind again drifts back to memories of Caddy. Like many other plants, the Pokers are best grown in large drifts if you can possibly afford the space. Plant in clusters or drifts, by plant type, or by flower and foliage color. As the population drifts toward the exurbs, small flourishes make otherwise identical houses stand out. It is best grown in drifts in a semi-shaded spot beneath trees and shrubs and a fertile, well-drained soil is essential. They make an excellent ground cover for shady areas of the garden and give a wonderful show when grouped together in large drifts. I can visualize a wide flower bed planted with C. rosea in drifts, mixed with a host of other colors for a more casual garden look. The workings consist of three adits with 3,300 feet of drifts, raises, and crosscuts. Show More Sentences From this level a number of drifts and underground shafts worked the vein at levels from the Five Yard Limestone. We explored the areas that were not being mined, including miles of old abandoned drifts and stopes. Instead I picked up a sandwich and cycled through Yoyogi Park, whooshing through the drifts of orange-brown leaves. The double doors are open, and conversation drifts through from the next room. But after falling out with Roger, she drifts on her own initiative into life as a bar girl. His eyes drop, and he drifts with the wild ice ticking seaward down the Hudson, like the blank sides of a jigsaw puzzle. Banks of primroses, drifts of bluebells and clusters of cowslips are now found only in secret, out-of-the-way places or where they have been carefully preserved. He never puts himself forward for any praise or accolades but just drifts on, season after season, one of the most consistent performers in the game. Once off the A19, the roads to Kepwick were bordered by thick drifts of snowdrops and we found more growing alongside winter aconite in the small churchyard. Hurricane-force winds hampered clean-up efforts with high drifts and white-out conditions, and, with snow this deep, you want more than just a shovel. Southwesterly drifts indicate a drier air mass is taking over. The storm force winds caused the snow on the Galtees to drift and accumulate and at the time of writing huge drifts are visible on the mountain slopes. A thin plume of ashen smoke drifts into the crystalline sky. The sweet herbal aroma of bog myrtle drifts from the shallow mires that harbour a tangle of willows and silver-barked birch or are spattered yellow with asphodels. An interesting way to observe the effect of drifts, along with associated saccades, on your visual system is to carefully study the type of graphic shown here. After all, occasionally I get to see something special like a lumpsucker, and these drifts are infinitely better than the even-scabbier ledges to be found on Lulworth banks. Now snow blew to twenty-foot drifts in high country, and still the law had no luck. The chestnut groves are carpeted with drifts of western peony, pink, blue and yellow lupins, Spanish bluebell and Barbary nut iris, while rocky outcrops harbour man orchids. Sunlight sparkled on the snow mantling the trees, while deep drifts, their hollows moulded with blue shadow, were draped between the trees like sculpture. A male blanket octopus fills a modified tentacle with sperm, tears it off, presents it to its prospective mates, and then drifts off to certain death. Show More Sentences You could understand what kinds of offers motivate people, figure out why their attention drifts from one site to another, and anticipate what site they might go to next. Along the edge of the lawn drifts and heaps of yellow leaves caught the first light, looking for all the world as if they'd grown there overnight. For the first week, Emma paced at night and watched a late snow curl in drifts around the mailbox at the corner and the lamppost beneath her window. They had, then, to anchor the pylons supporting the cables on rocks frozen under deep drifts of snow, working in freezing temperatures, buffeted by needle sharp winds. When I went for my walk this afternoon there was still no sign of snow, though the drifts of fallen May blossom along the hedge bottoms kept my mind on the topic. I like trudging up the path through the drifts of dead leaves, too. For the first time in what seemed like years I heard actual rain drumming against the roof and washing snow from the streets and reducing drifts to icy piles of dirty slush. Lady Rachel also injected a touch of informality to the somewhat formal layout by planting drifts of daffodils and allowing them to naturalise in the long grass. Next day, about noon, our rail pass took us through flat countryside, the low fields broken by stands of trees and drifts of yellow broom along the tracks, to Norwich. Namibia Construction is building an 800 metre bridge which will elevate the road above the two drifts that have caused wash-outs in past rainy seasons. This story, to give just the bare bones of it, is told by the sole survivor of a Pacific Ocean shipwreck, who drifts for 7 months in a lifeboat along with a Bengal tiger. Amid drifts of ticker tape thrown by fans, Jackson and cast members were besieged by crowds 10 deep as they made their way up the 470 metre-long red carpet to the theatre. The mew of a hungry cat drifts pitifully from the nearby fish stall. Sunshine reflected off huge drifts, soft moguls and bumpy pistes. Eventually she drifts off to sleep and then I can usually sit down, but only by keeping her lying on my chest while I sit there trying not to make any sudden moves. The call to prayer from a nearby muezzin drifts over the croplands. When you do push it beyond the limit of grip into a sweeping bend or large roundabout the front end drifts wide, revealing that the chassis is biased towards mild understeer. If your windows are cloaked in dark, heavy curtains consider investing in paler more diffuse material in voile, set in casual drifts behind tie-backs. It thunders under me, smudges my vision with drifts of spray. Its 27 bedrooms are spacious, airy and attractively furnished, with hand-painted canopied or four-poster beds buried under billowing duvets as thick as snow drifts. Show More Sentences Chalcanthite was noted in several locations within the mine on this tour, with thick encrustations of bladed crystals in many of the older drifts and stopes. The movie drifts in and out of fantasy worlds, where hustlers speak in iambic pentameter or hop on a plane to Rome without any thought of passports. It was populated by festering drifts of trash, with large dumpsters rising out of the junk like weird islands, and a few old-fashioned tin trashcans here and there. The leptocephalus is planktivorous as it drifts to coastal waters and develops into an elver, which feeds on aquatic insects, small crustaceans, and dead fish. But instead of investing his energy into outward noise that drifts skywards into nothingness, you sense he invests energy inwards, into making himself the best that he can be. The stench drifts whenever a strong eastward wind is blowing. In the extreme cold of the Arctic winter, hares dig dens in hardened drifts, and, while resting, they sit on their well-furred hind feet hunched into a heat-conserving ball. What is unforgivable though is the pointless gumph when Aragorn falls in to the river and drifts off, only, gosh, he returns just in time for the battle. Stylistically, the author drifts between literary and purple prose. When there's no nation pushing hard, the UN drifts like a beachball. A street cleaner already cleans the main thoroughfares but wind eddies can blow drifts of crisp packets and chocolate wrappers into alleys and hedges, he said. Gasping, Joshua stumbled into the driving snow, slogging through the drifts downslope toward the forest and the Dogs, his legs already numb with the chill. One hundred metres above the drifts, with the broken connection thrashing over our heads, we ask the drillmaster how he and his team had fared during the reforms. Also recall having to walk a long way to school from Nelson Village in huge snow drifts and scrumping turnips from the farmers fields en route. My mind drifts to scenes of blind man's bluff in the buff and painful encounters with Old Father Time's scythe. The savory smell of stewed meat drifts through the cold air. She is overwhelmed by having her unfulfilled love for him so abruptly terminated and drifts into the oblivion of insanity. Other spring flowers are also starting to show their faces including drifts of winter aconites among the horse chestnut trees. Colorado also began a haylift in hopes of saving thousands of cattle immobilized by drifts as high as 10 feet. Walton watches as the Creature drifts away on an ice raft that is soon lost in darkness and distance, never to be seen again. Show More Sentences A hotspot is more or less stationary relative to the moving tectonic plate above it, so a chain of islands results as the plate drifts. The huge ocean sunfish, a true resident of the ocean epipelagic zone, sometimes drifts with the current, eating jellyfish. As it drifts into shallower waters, it may come into contact with the seabed, a process referred to as seabed gouging by ice. Barrages of shallow nets floated by long buoys can be used to ward off algea drifts, depending on wave height and current. The reason for this is that sea ice in the south drifts into warmer waters where it melts. Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss. A ADRIENNE SAYS For a romantic chocolate-box look, plant borders in drifts of colour rather than blocks. Flint rarely occurs in Wales other than in drifts, or as small pebbles on beaches. The deforestation has created large swaths of heathland and devastating sand drifts. Unsure what to do with her life, Frances drifts from one potential flatshare to the next and even makes a brief sojourn to Paris. Although a calendar has 12 months, it drifts each solar year by 11 to 12 days. Buy seed mixes that contain ox-eye daisies, yarrow, harebells, birdsfoot trefoil, cowslips, lady's bedstraw, betony, yellow rattle and others for waving drifts of colour. Just now it has quite a lot of interest, from drifts of pink and blue herbaceous geraniums, patches of white flowered dicentra and bright yellow daisies on doronicum. At the base, use drifts of hellebores, epimedium and pachysandras and build up initial height with a layer of Fatsia, Dicksonia antarctica and clouds of Pittosporum Nanum. I was there early in the season, when the snow still lay in thick drifts and steam wreathed through the lodgepole pines from the least thermal outlet. In 1600 the collieries were drifts where coal outcropped and shallow bell or ladder pits where roof falls were common and poor drainage led to them being abandoned. The choreographer gives us no clues, and since their shenanigans seem to affect the heroine so little as she drifts from one episode to the next, it doesn't really matter. They are very pretty open clusters of pale to rich pink flowers and can be planted into patio pots or to create drifts through the front of a border in late spring. In addition, there is an effective anti-hopping clutch available for the new Supermoto Model FS 570 which makes child's play out of braking drifts. So a couple of days later, I was stepping, surprisingly nimbly, through drifts of squelchy leaves, towards Oxton village, while swinging my bag for life. Show More Sentences On the one hand, thermocouples tend to present material changes which are inhomogeneously distributed along their length during application, leading to characteristic drifts. After she drifts offstage, drowned out by Vejvoda's charged sound track, her colleagues engage in an orgasmic menage a cinq, bringing an end to the first tableau. But in Spain, sherry reigns and it's easy to see why with a glass of crisp fi no or manzanilla in your hand as the sun beats down or the barbie smoke drifts over the lawn. In marine mussels, fertilization occurs outside the body, with a larval stage that drifts for three weeks to six months, before settling on a hard surface as a young mussel. Examples from Classical Literature Thus we find late Acheulean implements in drifts of 'loess' at Villejuif, south of Paris. The male remains in the coital position for approximately 15 seconds and then slowly drifts to one side and swims away. And in the midst of all that some one drifts casually up to the concert grand and cuts loose. Blount recalled his men from the drifts where 91they had been working and set them to crosscutting for the vein. The icy breeze tore tiny puffs of dust from grotesque, angling drifts of soil, nearly waterless for eons. And a health to the one away, Who drifts down careless Italy, God's wanderer and estray! The Elsinore drifts idly on an idle sea, and we stand regular watches in the shelter of chart-house and jiggermast. For use round the Hut, in thick drifts, the combination of helmet and blouse was handy and time-saving. So she drifts into neurasthenia and has fits of crying and periods of melancholia. Having broken the drifts on the first trip, it was not hard going, but it was midnight when we reached the print shop. And meanwhile the buttercup drifts on, recking little of us and of our thoughts, into a world mysterious and unknown to her. They are not motionless, but in constant vibration and re-formation, like smoke drifts. The fox traps lay deeply covered by drifts, and since early morning they had been clearing and resetting them. Only one snowshed remained, with but a feeble bulwark of drifts before it. A MUM gave birth in a crashed car as a freak storm caused 6ft-deep hailstone drifts yesterday. Crocus look great planted in drifts of one or more colours and are superb for naturalising. Through the volleying drifts of English, Kim caught the general trend of the talk, and it interested him very much. After dinner Jake and Otto, their damp clothes now dried on them, stretched their stiff arms and plunged again into the drifts. If the white lie ceases in married life, the couple drifts apart. Use drifts of perennial border phloxes in the middle of borders to provide intense pools of summer colour. Show More Sentences Coz these days work drifts down my priorities like silt making its way down the channel to the lighter, bluer waters beyond. Wagons and horses that upset had to be shoveled out of the drifts. He is enchanted by nymphs and naiads and drifts off to sleep filled with colourful dreams. As antler lay in the deep drifts, she seemed powerless to move. Along the street to the church went the minister, plowing through the drifts and thinking that this time he would utterly give way to sin. It's Queen City or moulderin' in the drifts till next summer! As of September 30, 2012, the Company had completed 732m of access via crosscuts and drifts along the veins on levels 50m, 100m and 150m and collected 318 channel samples. It drifts away into soft abstract pastness, open to any kind of reading. I was tired of school, tired of winter clothes, of the rutted streets, of the dirty drifts and the piles of cinders that had lain in the yards so long. It was believed that this would establish the fact of the permanent richness of the drifts, and not only justify past expenditure, but a renewed outlay of credit and capital. The iceberg drifts slowly, over the black water, through the ashy light. Find more words! 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