How to Use drift in a Sentence

drift

1 of 2 noun

• As she got older, you could observe a drift in her writing towards more serious subjects.
• But even the best drift over time.
  — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
• Dark red hearts drift across their pearly, pale pink base.
  — Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
• Tuchel could have let the game drift, or tried to shut it down.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 21 June 2026
• Add a line about scope to prevent any drift.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
• Belly's eyes drift to his lips.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• And there’s a famous drift dive.
  — AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
• The trail was well-groomed, though bumpy here and there from wind drifts.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
• Those types of drifts rarely appear in one fell swoop.
  — Polina Beletskaya, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• Simply couldn’t see it among the cold high drifts.
  — Marianne Boruch, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
• The longer the chain of thought, the further the drift.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 June 2026
• The drift begins in the teams that look most stable.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Not every car or truck had a proper drift build in the pit.
  — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
• And then those drifts will hydrate soil during the spring melt.
  — Benjamin Vogt, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2023
• Her vocals drift on the fluttery synth that swells as the bass whirs.
  — Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2025
• Any viewer of the four-part mystery thriller soon gets his drift.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
• Then bob in the wave pools or drift through the 70-acre park on two lazy rivers.
  — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 15 July 2026
• Tinny chart tunes drift across the arena.
  — Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
• If now the car drive straight or drift left, the issue is a tire problem.
  — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
• At first the change was subtle—a slow drift into the culture wars.
  — Katie Notopoulos, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2023
• There’s no drift in the sound and the distortion levels are so low.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Sometime soon, Maye will again drift left away from pressure.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
• Reservations for the drift car ride-along will be handled on-site.
  — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
• All these moments drift by like dust in sunlight, ignored.
  — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
• An over-read attempt should produce drift rather than deeper truth.
  — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• As the adults worked, the kids dove into the drifts, building igloos and tunnels.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
• Wind slabs form when strong winds create unstable snow drifts that hang over ridges.
  — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
• Don’t let related ideas in asentence drift apart.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
• Spanish drifts along the rows, a joke here, a warning there, carried in the heavy air.
  — Dean Florez, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
• The film accompanies her in that drift.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025

drift

2 of 2 verb

• The snow drifted against the side of the house.
• The clouds drifted across the sky.
• Her eyes drifted across the crowd.
• My thoughts drifted back to the time when we first met.
• The boat slowly drifted out to sea.
• Drifting snow covered most of the car.
• She drifted from job to job.
• After he left the army he just drifted for a few years.
• The party guests drifted from room to room, eating and mingling.
• The conversation drifted from topic to topic.
• Both shrink when clients drift away.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• The road drifts, then gets back on track.
  — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
• Don't let the weights drift out in front of you.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
• Gas prices could drift lower this week.
  — Garfield Hylton, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
• Debris drifts in and has nowhere to go.
  — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
• As the night drifts on, nothing moves.
  — Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
• And the business starts to drift.
  — Kirk W. McLaren, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• Clouds of black smoke drifted over the city.
  — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
• Head in his hands, his mind drifts to a time and place that holds so much pain.
  — Andrew Callahan, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
• Carlson-Wee drifts over to him.
  — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
• But that’s drifting away from God.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
• The first layer of pain drifted away in the breeze.
  — Brian Lamar, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2026
• The smell of 50k pumpkin donuts drifts down the street.
  — Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025
• And that drifts into the mental part.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
• Gusty winds will cause blowing and drifting snow.
  — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• Guests will hear brakes each time the vehicle drifts or turns.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
• The focus drifts slightly at one point.
  — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
• The first notes drift through the house, and the atmosphere shifts.
  — Zeyneb Sayilgan, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2026
• On the day of the crash, his car began to drift as a lane line faded.
  — Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
• The balloon then floats up, folds over on itself and drifts out of frame.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024