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Meanings of drift apart in English

Lose personal contact over time.

Synonyms
Examples for "drift away"
Examples for "drift away"
1
As I drift away, she is saying something that I don't understand.
The Menstruating Mall
2
The Bolo instantly began to drift away from it as it seemed.
The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest; Or, The Golden Galleon
3
I clambered on to this island and let the boat drift away.
Depths
4
He bowled quickish off-breaks, with a natural drift away from the batsman.
The Guardian
5
As they saw that she was recovering they began to drift away.
When the wind blows
Usage of drift apart in English
1
The Flesh-eaters began to drift apart as they marched up the sidewalk.
The Child Thief
2
We drift apart, Wilberforce and I-well , ImeanWilberforce as a type.
The Judgment House
3
I thought it was a mistake-thatwe should drift apart again.
The Vultures
4
Let us be as we used to be, and never drift apart again.
The Way of an Eagle
5
They either drift apart forever, or meet and mingle into one.
The Redemption of David Corson
6
I have only to avoid him, to say nothing, and we drift apart.
Barriers Burned Away
7
Ay, from that hour he and his daughter had seemed to drift apart.
Mischievous Maid Faynie
8
Or did you simply sort of drift apart with mutual courtesies?
Mike
9
After a long, bitter revery, she sighed: Ah, well, thus we drift apart.
Barriers Burned Away
10
Over time, people grow apart, drift apart, live too far apart and just… change.
Radio NZ
11
But of late the cakes had begun to drift apart.
Triple Spies
12
And she'd been secretly relieved when Tres and he had started to drift apart.
Mission road
13
Once I hit double digits, we started to drift apart.
Feminist dot com
14
Slowly now they began to drift apart from one another.
Three Lives / Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle...
15
After years of warm relations, are the Israeli and US leaders starting to drift apart?
BBC
16
We'll have to use the descent to drift apart and retract any curiosity we've shown.
Up in the air
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Drift apart through the time
Drift apart across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common