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Meanings of drift off in English
Change from a waking to a sleeping state.
Synonyms
Examples for "fall asleep"
Examples for "fall asleep"
1
A very long time passed before she was able to fall asleep.
2
Will's grandfather used to tell him stories to help him fall asleep.
3
They work in the fields and they fall asleep tired and content.
4
You don't really think I'll be able to fall asleep, do you?
5
No way would I fall asleep on the way down to Florida.
1
At the moment, he sits on his bike finessing dope off some sixteen-year-old junkie named Josh who lifts weights and has a trendy short haircut.
2
Just lying around in your room doping off?
1
After all the stuff you've been through, don't flake out now.
2
Tom and I eat lunch and flake out on the ledge.
3
You flake out again and I'll snatch your bars so fast it'll make your head spin.
4
Don't flake out on me this time.
5
I won't flake out on you again.
1
Unthinkably, given the proximity of farting strangers, I start to nod off.
2
Actually, Hype was too long, and I had begun to nod off.
3
Knowing how difficult his night would be, I let him nod off.
4
Two hours later, he realized that he was going to nod off.
5
Sean was so anxious and desperate for sleep, she couldn't nod off.
1
Good young male-driven opening business this weekend looks to drop off rapidly.
2
Unfortunately once infection progresses to chronicity, treatment success rates drop off considerably.
3
She had decided to drop off the items on her way home.
4
The Swede and I hung upon the side-ladders, ready to drop off.
5
Then the fiery darts fizzle out, and the points drop off them.
1
Then the door closed, and Mrs. Baxter instantly began to doze off.
2
And drink a little of that beef broth before you doze off.
3
Every time they doze off they'll be falling and they'll wake up!
4
And then, a few minutes later, she started to doze off.
5
I was just beginning to doze off when I heard some tiny sounds.
1
After turning loose my search program, I drowse off.
2
He was inclined to drowse off to sleep in the middle of these tasks, a habit which both irritated and frightened his young teacher.
3
Fatigue bore so heavily upon Becky that she drowsed off to sleep.
4
As I was drowsing off again, she spoke very gently to me.
5
After this he drowsed off again into a half torpor of sleep and exhaustion.
Usage of drift off in English
1
The ship did not just drift off course, it started to sink.
2
He'd drift off after a while, content, even happy for her presence.
3
As he began to drift off, Gerrod thought he heard someone chuckle.
4
I drift off to sleep, carried by the sound of distant conversations.
5
I would drift off, then feel jolts of pain through my arms.
6
The jangada, again started on the river, began to drift off diagonally.
7
He began to drift off, like a mist, moving along the riverbank.
8
You've let her drift off toward the Welsh coast, toward the shallows.
9
Their bellies swollen, they began to drift off into the gathering shadows.
10
As I drift off, my intestines are thrumming like a tumble-dryer hose.
11
I forced myself to stay awake; yet I couldn't help but drift off.
12
It is easy to drift off and press the wrong buttons.
13
He frowned and let the list of disturbing possibilities drift off.
14
For that moment, as you drift off, you know you're safe.
15
Dale rolled over on his right side, beginning to drift off.
16
You said you start thinking about stuff and you drift off.
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Translations for drift off
Catalan
Spanish
Drift off through the time
Drift off across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common