Synonyms of drifter
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
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The story attracted her first, a heartwarming narrative about an aquarium cleaner (Field) who looks after a giant Pacific octopus (voiced by Alfred Molina) and the young drifter (Lewis Pullman) who deepens both their lives while doing his own soul-searching.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Everything changes when a down-on-his-luck drifter named Cameron (Lewis Pullman) arrives in town.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Reluctantly hired to fill in for her is Cameron (Lewis Pullman), a scruffy drifter newly blown into town with some unfinished family business to attend to.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 May 2026
Detectives learned Lugo was the leader of a group made up of drifters and petty thieves who hung out at the Sun Gym.
—Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Everything changes when a down-on-his-luck drifter named Cameron (Lewis Pullman) arrives in town.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
Reluctantly hired to fill in for her is Cameron (Lewis Pullman), a scruffy drifter newly blown into town with some unfinished family business to attend to.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 May 2026
Detectives learned Lugo was the leader of a group made up of drifters and petty thieves who hung out at the Sun Gym.
—Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for drifter
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“Drifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drifter. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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drifter
noun
drift·er
ˈdrif-tər 
: one that drifts
especially
: a person who travels about without purpose
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