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Greenwood State Beach unfolds below the bluff, a crescent of sand often empty but for driftwood piles and the occasional bonfire ring.—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Trash and driftwood littered the peninsula.—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025 Blooming weeds gnawing their way through paving cracks, slate roof tiles lacquered by rain, peeling front doors warped and faded by the sun to virtual driftwood: Jenkins’ camera treasures all the down-at-heel details of its locale, a fading, unnamed fishing village visited by few and left by many.—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025 The fox squirrel, sitting upright on a piece of driftwood with a pecan in its paws, took me back to a long sweep of the lower Suwannee with limpid black waters, forests of pine and magnolia trees, live oaks, and wild pecans.—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for driftwood
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