float back
Frequency: 6.04.5 per million words
To return to a previous position by floating.
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Examples (10)
- The balloon began to float back towards the children after the wind changed.
- Memories of her childhood seemed to float back whenever she heard that song.
- The paper boat started to float back upstream with the changing current.
- His thoughts would always float back to that peaceful summer day.
- The jellyfish appeared to float back to its original position in the tank.
- After the argument, her mind kept trying to float back to happier times.
- The cork will float back to the surface once you release it underwater.
- Old feelings began to float back as she walked through her former neighborhood.
- The leaf seemed to float back against the gentle breeze on the pond.
- Fragments of the conversation continued to float back into her consciousness.