How to Use floating in a Sentence

floating

adjective
  • The floating dock had been clamped onto the top of a groin wall.
    Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 2019-07-11
  • The fireworks were being shot from a floating pier, Hart said.
    Ashley Remkus, AL.com, 2017-07-05
  • The floating parks are then anchored with bungee cords that work as shock absorbers to keep the playgrounds steady.
    Jenae Sitzes, Country Living, 2017-02-10
  • The future of the Maldives could also come in the form of a floating city.
    Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 2021-11-03
  • Is there an architect who would turn down the chance to build a floating stadium?
    Josh Kramer, The Atlantic, 2017-07-12
  • Police spotted a floating casino that came unmoored and hit a bridge.
    Melinda Deslatte, Star Tribune, 2020-08-28
  • The floating device appeared to be drifting away in the water behind his home.
    Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 2018-08-22
  • Six steel pilings, each 16 inches across, would support the floating dock.
    Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 2017-09-22
  • Sinking fly line has no floating sections and is more common when fishing fast water, deep pools, and deep lakes.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 2020-04-03
  • The wow factor begins right through the front door, past the floating staircase and into the huge open-concept great room.
    Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 2018-03-16
  • The haunting image features a floating figure in a black cape, face hidden by a white mask with markings.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 2022-01-07
  • The effect is of a floating point of view that narrows and widens, both deeply rendered and impossible to pin down.
    David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 2021-05-20
  • In the floating world, Denver is fast becoming a popular place to find that nowhere.
    Dylan Owens, The Know, 2017-02-10
  • The sector obtained funding and built a 16-foot-tall floating fence across 12 miles of the dunes.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 2020-10-26
  • And in May, the company launched a pilot of its free-floating bike service, called Jump.
    Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 2019-06-11
  • Installation is made quick and easy thanks to interlocking pieces that can stay as a floating floor or be glued down to the subfloor.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 2022-09-27
  • Does inflating the balloon a little bit change the floating behavior of the bottle?
    Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 2018-07-05
  • The AvoSeedo is a small, floating bowl with an open middle, so the pit stays sufficiently wet at all times.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 2019-02-21
  • Now, this tourist hot spot in the United Arab Emirates will soon be home to a first-of-its-kind floating resort.
    Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 2021-12-08
  • That neighbor called the cops on the floating figure, forcing the Appel family to shut down their display.
    al, 2022-10-07
  • The floating string table was able to stand on its own because the middle string was pulled taught and that tension was used as a pillar to hold the entire structure up.
    Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 2020-03-29
  • But the floating mystery mine brought up questions about what other devices might be found beneath the surface in Puget Sound.
    Asia Fields, The Seattle Times, 2018-08-31
  • The smooth, massive, floating-drive style of the El Dorado more than made up for any inconvenience.
    Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 2017-05-19
  • The body of a woman was found floating Wednesday afternoon in a body of water near Dog River.
    Christopher Harress | [email protected], al.com, 2019-06-26
  • When ushered back into the pool at a Cologne zoo, the seals entered a dome measuring 15 feet across, its rim resting on a floating ring.
    New York Times, 2021-07-29
  • The floating stage had a malfunction and got stuck at the end of the show so Beyoncé had to use an emergency ladder in order to leave.
    Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 2018-07-02
  • Xochimilco is a suburb of Mexico City known for its floating water canals built by the Aztecs.
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 2020-02-14
  • The middle of the floating structure is designed to look like a cluster of logs on the river to pay homage to the importance of forests in the country’s development.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2020-02-04
  • Instead, for about a tenth of that price, Hunt bought the Esso Japan and retrofitted it as a floating storage-and-off-loading unit.
    The New Yorker, 2021-10-04
  • On board Stockholm's floating hostel: Stockholm's af Chapman is a full-rigged steel ship dating from the 1800s.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 2017-06-01

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