drift towards/toward

Frequency: 6.88.5 per million words

A movement in the direction of something.

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Examples (10)

  • 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.