drift towards/toward
Frequency: 6.88.5 per million words
A movement in the direction of something.
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- The empty raft began to drift towards the waterfall.
- There is a worrying drift towards authoritarianism in some nations.
- As they talked, the conversation naturally drifted toward their future plans.
- Without a mentor, the young artist drifted towards a more commercial style.
- Analysts noted a slow drift toward riskier investments in the market.
- The party's ideology has been drifting towards the left for the past decade.
- He felt himself drifting toward sleep as the lecturer's voice droned on.
- A huge iceberg was spotted drifting toward the shipping lanes.
- The company's culture shows a gradual drift towards greater transparency.
- Her attention drifted toward the window as a colorful bird landed on the sill.