drifting
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- noun
- /ˈdrɪftɪŋ/
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errancia
- Many students experience drifting during their college years, unsure of their future path.
And sometimes our drifting from God is not the fault of the person that we're dealing with.
- And sometimes our drifting from God is not the fault of the person that we're dealing with.
- And in fact, I was getting the tail out on this auto cross course, like really kind of doing some drifting.
Examples
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They're just drifting through life right now, right?
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You know, we find our mind drifting to worrisome, worrisome thoughts.
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All this time a boat drifting somewhere on the green.
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And men feel like they are drifting through life unaware of what their identity should be, what their purpose should be.
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Additionally, the activity of drifting may be important to provide space or breaks from the pressures of planning together.
Academic text (2013) -
There was just a discomfort, a steady drifting apart, and no good reason to come together.
Fiction book (1995) -
They're in the current drifting towards Cable Junction.
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It's a tragedy what happens to fathers and sons, the bitterness, the drifting apart.
Fiction book (1995) -
They were pulled from the drifting pack ice in the spring of 2012 by Inuit fishermen.
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After months of drifting without a clear goal, she finally decided to pursue her passion for art.
Synonyms
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Traveling from place to place without a fixed place to go
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6.1
A slow walk or a time of thinking without a clear plan
Antonyms
How Aimless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drifting comes from an old word related to drive, which meant 'to push' something along by wind or water. So, 'drifting' is moving from place to place without a clear plan, like a boat carried by a current.