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Examples of drifter in a Sentence
He was a drifter who hitchhiked from state to state.
the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job
Recent Examples of drifter from the Web
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A 4-foot-drifter boat students launched from Maine landed on the shores of a Scottish island after 168 days and 12 hours at sea.
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Duan Yi-hong (Drifters, The Dead End), who is receiving the Star Asia Award this week at the New York Asian Film Festival, is gritty and glammed-down as experienced blast technician Zhou Yu-dong.
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Howard has become such a basketball drifter that not even his hometown team — the Atlanta Hawks — could stand having him on their roster for more than one season.
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Maria Bonvechio's child was attacked by a drifter with a violent crime history.
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New Hampshire State Police are looking for anyone who recognizes the man, a drifter known as Bob Evans who used several aliases and lived in or traveled through numerous states from about 1980 through 2002.
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Plush Horse Lounge, a legendary Huntsville venue that hosted music legends Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers, The Drifters and Ray Charles, has been purchased by a church that wants to use it for worship services.
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Plush Horse Lounge, a legendary Huntsville venue that hosted music legends Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers, The Drifters and Ray Charles, has been purchased by church that wants to use it for worship services.
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The acts that come through the Little Fish stage are pretty diverse, from local Americana favorites such as Oak Hill Drifters and Russ T. Nutz to indie rock, jazz and comedy and karaoke nights.
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First Known Use of drifter
1897
DRIFTER Defined for English Language Learners
drifter
playDefinition of drifter for English Language Learners
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: a person who moves from one place or job to another without a purpose or plan
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