drifting
/ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/ adjective C2- Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces. · The drifting seaweed went wherever the currents carried it.
- Without direction, focus, or goal.
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Every minute that white woolly plain which covered one-half of the moor was drifting closer and closer to the house.
For a few minutes Anne, drifting slowly down, enjoyed the romance of her situation to the full.
Drifting near to where I stand,
But when, for the fourth time, after pushing back our chairs from breakfast we saw the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the window-panes, my comrade’s impatient and active nature could endure this drab existence no longer.
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