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Example sentences from the Web for floatsThe film often floats back and forth between these moments of satire and sadness. ‘Force Majeure’ and the Swedish Family Vacation From Hell|Alex Suskind|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST But Still Walking is bathed in lovely summer light, and it floats on air. The Oscar International Film Festival: ‘Stranger By the Lake’ and Foreign Films You Should Watch|Jimmy So|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The festival, like all Jewish festivals, floats around the calendar—this year, in fact, it falls on Thanksgiving. Sarah Palin Is Here to Save Christmas, Thank God|Candida Moss|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST But she ran a badly flawed campaign, Obama won, and Hillary is now an international diplomat who floats above partisan politics. The Hillary Fantasy|Howard Kurtz|November 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He floats silently in the background, smirking at his children while he relights his pipe. Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|November 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST This boat, which floats upon the surface of the water until the larv are disclosed, is placed there by the female gnat. An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby The fertilized egg, when laid, floats off and becomes attached to the shell of some oyster on a nearby rock. Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction|T. W. Shannon These floats can stand the pressure at great depths, and do not become waterlogged as do cork floats. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7|Various Each is about five inches in length, and trumpet-shaped at its extremity, which floats free in the pelvic cavity. The Fertility of the Unfit|William Allan Chapple The instrument is so arranged that it floats in pure water with most of the stem above the surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various
pl ntheatre another word for footlights Words nearby floatsfloating supply, floating vote, floating voter, float off, floatplane, floats, floatstone, float switch, float valve, floaty, flob Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to floatsswim, hover, glide, hang, ride, sail, drift, waft, wash, slide, bob, skim, poise |