Move up and down with no specific path.
1 When we got into the tide-way the boat began to bob about a good deal.
2 The sylph changed direction, and began to bob about .
3 The Amyrlin could not bob about like a girl at a dance looking for a boy.
4 THAT'S MEN:If you're trying to impress a mott, dig deep and throw a few bob about .
5 We can't; your mother won't go; she's too tired, and she'd never let us bob about Paris alone.
6 In order to make their swimming convincing, the pair had to kneel down and bob about in the water.
7 Each resort has its own private section of water for guests to bob about in, with some offering day access.
8 Following this there was another splash and the cylinder began to bob about like a cork on a mill pond.
9 Heads bob about and splash in the mud-coloured water, and white figures run down the bank and stand a moment, poised for a plunge.
10 We would not require a sou for passage nor would we be forced to bob about in the oceans with a horde of vomiting missionaries.
11 I had sooner be drowned at once than bob about on a wave, with sharks nibbling at my toes for an hour or two previously.
12 The square spot bobbed about in the center of the astrogation screen.
13 I say 'sensed.' It bobbed about like a cork on a pond.
14 Would the Germans rescue the American lads bobbing about in the water?
15 He was left bobbing about shinily, a 3D print-out of a statesman.
16 There must be some kind of sensor bobbing about under the corona.
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