float downstream
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to rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking
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- We spent the afternoon letting our canoe float downstream.
- The fallen branch began to float downstream with the current.
- The fallen leaves would float downstream towards the sea.
- We watched the leaves float downstream toward the bridge.
- He watched his wooden toy boat as it floated downstream and out of sight.
- The raft started to float downstream as soon as we pushed off.
- On a hot day, there's nothing better than floating downstream on an inner tube.
- Dead fish were seen to float downstream after the pollution incident.
- The message in a bottle began its long journey, floating downstream.
- The empty bottle continued to float downstream for miles.
- After the engine cut out, they had no choice but to float downstream to the nearest village.
- Children's toys often float downstream during the spring floods.
- You can see logs from the timber mill floating downstream every morning.
- The canoe began to float downstream when the rope broke.
- The rubber duck floated downstream faster than he expected.
- Debris from the storm will float downstream for days.
- They built a simple raft to float downstream and explore the river.
- The ice chunks slowly float downstream as the weather warms.
- She imagined her worries as little boats, letting them all float downstream and away.
- Logs from the lumber mill float downstream to the processing plant.