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Definition of Adrift |
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Adrift
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig. Related Definitions: Also, And, At, Condition, Drifting, Fig, Floating, In, Mercy, Of, Random, The, Wind |
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Adrift Quotations
In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me. Colin Firth A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of the problems besetting the cause of peace. Fredrik Bajer Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action. Dorothy Day The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? Georges Duhamel To an intellectual who is adrift in politics, a theory is an aim; to a true politician his theory is a boundary. Francis P. Yockey |
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Adrift Translations
adrift in German is treibend adrift in Spanish is a la deriva |
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