drift off

verb

drifted off; drifting off; drifts off
informal
: to fall asleep
She drifted off while I was still talking.
He gradually drifted off to sleep.

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Now, Lucas is sharing everything he’s learned about storytelling at a time when the studio system is drifting off a cliff (again). Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Though Rosado tested positive for a small amount of meth and had been going up to 90 mph, the evidence indicated that Rosado had fallen asleep and that his car drifted off the freeway before hitting a guardrail, Cherney said. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026 Dozens are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants that departed Gambia last month was found by authorities drifting off Spain’s Canary Islands late Wednesday. Kara Fox, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 What that means is that spacecraft at the unstable points—L1, L2 and the third Lagrange point (L3)—need regular course corrections to keep them from drifting off into space. Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drift off

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“Drift off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drift%20off. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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