How to Use floating in a Sentence

floating

adjective
  • The floating dock had been clamped onto the top of a groin wall.
    — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2019
  • The fireworks were being shot from a floating pier, Hart said.
    — Ashley Remkus, AL.com, 5 July 2017
  • The floating parks are then anchored with bungee cords that work as shock absorbers to keep the playgrounds steady.
    — Jenae Sitzes, Country Living, 10 Feb. 2017
  • The future of the Maldives could also come in the form of a floating city.
    — Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Is there an architect who would turn down the chance to build a floating stadium?
    — Josh Kramer, The Atlantic, 12 July 2017
  • Police spotted a floating casino that came unmoored and hit a bridge.
    — Melinda Deslatte, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The floating device appeared to be drifting away in the water behind his home.
    — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Six steel pilings, each 16 inches across, would support the floating dock.
    — Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The ship was said to be a floating base for Iranian forces engaged in Yemen's war.
    — Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Sinking fly line has no floating sections and is more common when fishing fast water, deep pools, and deep lakes.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The wow factor begins right through the front door, past the floating staircase and into the huge open-concept great room.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The haunting image features a floating figure in a black cape, face hidden by a white mask with markings.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The effect is of a floating point of view that narrows and widens, both deeply rendered and impossible to pin down.
    — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
  • In the floating world, Denver is fast becoming a popular place to find that nowhere.
    — Dylan Owens, The Know, 10 Feb. 2017
  • The sector obtained funding and built a 16-foot-tall floating fence across 12 miles of the dunes.
    — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2020
  • And in May, the company launched a pilot of its free-floating bike service, called Jump.
    — Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 11 June 2019
  • Installation is made quick and easy thanks to interlocking pieces that can stay as a floating floor or be glued down to the subfloor.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Does inflating the balloon a little bit change the floating behavior of the bottle?
    — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 5 July 2018
  • The AvoSeedo is a small, floating bowl with an open middle, so the pit stays sufficiently wet at all times.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2019
  • The floating double vanity is made of rift oak topped with marble, and the medicine cabinets are oak and semi-recessed.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Now, this tourist hot spot in the United Arab Emirates will soon be home to a first-of-its-kind floating resort.
    — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2021
  • That neighbor called the cops on the floating figure, forcing the Appel family to shut down their display.
    — al, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The floating string table was able to stand on its own because the middle string was pulled taught and that tension was used as a pillar to hold the entire structure up.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2020
  • But the floating mystery mine brought up questions about what other devices might be found beneath the surface in Puget Sound.
    — Asia Fields, The Seattle Times, 31 Aug. 2018
  • The smooth, massive, floating-drive style of the El Dorado more than made up for any inconvenience.
    — Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 19 May 2017
  • The layer of algae and floating water primrose in the foreground is tracked with the thin, criss-crossing trails of alligators.
    — Ben Raines | [email protected], AL.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The Navy is also sending its floating hospital, the Comfort, which should arrive next week.
    — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The first was an Associated Press photo of a black man, chest deep in flood water, with soda and a floating bag.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The body of a woman was found floating Wednesday afternoon in a body of water near Dog River.
    — Christopher Harress | [email protected], al.com, 26 June 2019
  • When ushered back into the pool at a Cologne zoo, the seals entered a dome measuring 15 feet across, its rim resting on a floating ring.
    — New York Times, 29 July 2021

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