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Sentence example with the word 'afloat'
afloat
aboard, awash, desultory, floating, in spate, made public, prevailing, shuffling, under way, unstuck, wavy
Definition
adj.
aimlessly drifting
Last update: August 2, 2015
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A small boat was on
afloat
beside a huge one.
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She was no longer confined in purgatory,
afloat
in space.
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I don't realize I'm going so far--suppose I shan't till I get
afloat
.'
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"It was now seen that it would be impossible to get the ship
afloat
."
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It's not that, it's money, that's keepin' him from goin'
afloat
again.
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"I will not deny that ugly rumours are
afloat
," she answered.
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How it had got
afloat
upon the sea, is more than I can tell you.
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