[
UK
/ɐdɹˈɪft/
]
[ US /əˈdɹɪft/ ]
[ US /əˈdɹɪft/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- aimlessly drifting
-
afloat on the surface of a body of water
after the storm the boats were adrift
ADVERB
-
off course, wandering aimlessly
there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift -
floating freely; not anchored
the boat was set adrift
How To Use adrift In A Sentence
- Australian authorities have found no signs of foul play aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat found adrift and abandoned off western Australia.
- Poster boy of creationists everywhere, he has cut himself adrift from the world of real science. Behe vs. Dawkins
- The survivors were adrift on a raft for six days.
- It is time the Government acted now to cut them adrift. The Sun
- She untied the rope and set the boat adrift.
- The result leaves Pool nine points adrift of safety. The Sun
- In 1881, the schooner Ellen Austin, bound for London, discovered a derelict adrift in the Sargasso.
- They are as though adrift at sea without compass or destination, so they might as well demand that theirs be a pleasure cruise. Christianity Today
- You have the picture of a party that is rudderless and adrift, with no clear-cut strategies of providing principled opposition on issues.
- For 16 almost uninterrupted years, cancellation left us adrift in time. Times, Sunday Times
