How to Use float in a Sentence

float

1 of 2 noun

• We are building a float for the homecoming parade.
• The goal of float therapy is to calm the mind and the body.
  — Anne McCarthy, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
• Behind his back, a glass of wine and a baguette float in the air.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
• For dessert, there’s a Big Red float or a root beer float.
  — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
• For float hunters, glass floats will be hidden around the town.
  — oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2023
• Try out one of these tiny float homes that offer the best of both worlds.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 16 May 2023
• Check the Egg Whites Remember the air sacs mentioned in the float test?
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2023
• Rex the lion stood atop a tall, rocky promontory at the rear of the float.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
• The floats will be judged by a panel of judges, with a winner crowned at the end of the parade.
  — Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2024
• The reds are going for shrimp tipped jigs and shrimp under a float.
  — Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Everyone on the float must wear a mask or paint their face.
  — Rebecca Shinners, Country Living, 13 Feb. 2023
• And for dessert, customers have come to love Cheat’s fried beignets, soft-serve ice cream and floats.
  — Shannon Greene, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2024
• Half on the grass and half on the square, a vaguely face-like outline floats, filled with flowers.
  — Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• This means that this float home can comfortably sleep up to four guests.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 16 May 2023
• This classic done right would be great in a float, topping a slice of pie, or all on its own.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 July 2023
• So, its cost of funds is less than zero, which means the return on the float is pure profit.
  — Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• The number of shares available to trade – called the public float – is about 28 million.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• Otherwise, use your light and boat to keep track of and follow the float as the gator heads for open water.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 June 2023
• Noodles and flat floats can slip through the planks for simple storage.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2023
• The parade typically lasts an hour to an hour and a half and awards are given to the three best floats.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2023
• Investing the float, Buffett and Munger have been able to get a compound rate of return of 23%.
  — Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Each set comes with two cornhole game floats and eight floating bean bags.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• Hundreds of people lined the streets to watch a parade complete with floats, marching bands, and dancers.
  — Nicholas Stfleur Reprints, STAT, 17 July 2023
• Pry open the slits and fit each piece of pool noodle around the lip of each side of your container, creating your float.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• And throughout June, there were Barbie floats in gay pride parades across the country.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
• Each new discovery floats in the news cycle for a day, or a week, and vanishes.
  — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Kids will love cooling off with a slush float, a strawberry Icee with a scoop of vanilla ice cream ($4.75 for a small).
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• Pool floats and string lights help create cozy ambiance.
  — Sarah Schreiber, House Beautiful, 5 June 2023
• Kramer was seen paddle-boarding in a bikini, with her son Jace in tow on a trailing float.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• There’s also a clear vertical window running the height of the tank on the front with a red float that rises as the water does.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2023

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float

2 of 2 verb

• His voice floated to the back of the room.
• They floated the logs down the river.
• She was floating on her back.
• The incoming tide will eventually float the ship off the reef.
• She floated gracefully across the stage.
• Will this material sink or float?
• Think of the floating ice shelf as a dam that holds back the ice sheet on land.
  — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
• Your kid can float boats through the channels and roll a truck along the roadway.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 27 May 2023
• The flight attendant floated up to the ceiling then slammed to the ground.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 12 July 2023
• Water rose above the hoods of cars, some of which floated away.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• Well, there’s a couple of things floating around and stuff.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
• How about an out-of-nowhere drop shot floated from the baseline?
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
• Ten months later, Bernas’ body was found floating in the canal.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2023
• Boats packed with watchers floated just to the south, outside of the exclusion zone to the east.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• The photos show her smiling and floating among the cosmos.
  — USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• This isn’t the first time LaJoie’s name has been floated for a Hendrick ride.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2023
• When the bladders are inflated, the wearer will float face up.
  — Ben Romans, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
• The kitchenette is next, and it is located in the center portion of the floating tiny home.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 16 May 2023
• Dibs on the gigantic tube float at your next pool party!
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 12 July 2023
• No swimming, no heavy lifting, just floating in the fun.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
• These lines are designed to sink to the bottom rather than floating in the water column.
  — Joshua Reed, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2024
• A lot of things have been floated tonight that have little to no chance of becoming law soon.
  — WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
• Glass towers, one of which houses a floating staircase, flank the glass front door.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023
• Barbie's big with the girls this year, different versions of of that, so there's a lot of ideas floating around.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• The bookshelves are cantilevered out from the sides, giving them the appearance of floating from the ceiling.
  — Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2023
• The hostess floated from room to room, hugging and laughing with her friends in a black tux with a purple tie.
  — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 14 Dec. 2023
• There is plenty of garbage floating in the stock market today.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
• An ice floe is a floating sheet of ice that breaks away from a larger ice formation.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2024
• There are thousands of these family lands floating among the veins of sweet water and saw grass.
  — Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
• The proposal is part of a broader package of changes, first floated in May and now fleshed out in detail.
  — Josh Mitchell, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024