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• Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.From the entry ground
• I tip my hat to whoever invented the root beer float.From the entry tip one's hat
• I invited Lily to join us, but horror films don't float her boat.From the entry float someone's boat
• The balloon floated up into the blue.From the entry blue
• In this game we float sticks down the river.From the entry down
• Ashes from the fire floated over the street.From the entry ash
• Ash from the fire floated over the street.From the entry ash
• The home-made raft was a lash-up, but it floated.From the entry lash-up
• They are adding float and 10% of shares to the pile, in this ¥4.4-5.0bn offering.2025 October 5, “Weekly Top Ten Equity Capital Markets – Oct 5, 2025”, in Smartkarma, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2026. From the entry insto
• Poop that floats may sometimes point to other health issues, such as malabsorption or pancreatic-related conditions.2024 October 9, Maxine Lipner, “What Does It Mean When Your Poop Floats?”, in Health. From the entry malabsorption
• Could I borrow a beach chaise?” “Beach chaise?” “I promise it's for the float.2023 July 20, Jake Bender & Zach Dunn, “Pride Parade” (17:25 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 3, spoken by…. From the entry chaise
• One day they'll have a float at Pride, or at least they deserve one.2022, Finding Normal: Sex, Love, and Taboo in Our Hyperconnected World, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN. From the entry consanguinamory
• An air tightly shields them which makes them float leisurelier, nevertheless comfortable.2022, Oliver Carey, “Journey’s End”, in This Is It, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN. From the entry leisurelier
• I put on boxer shorts and a strappy baby-doll dress that floated from my ribs comfortably.2021 August 24, Mary-Lou Zeitoun, Jamilah at the End of the World, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 66. From the entry booby
• Because I like Miss Winnie a gajillion times." Ben's chuckle floated to her ears.2019, Dakota Cassidy, Witched at Birth. From the entry gajillion
• Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender.2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian…. From the entry colour
• I just float around in a constant state of chaos, the likes of which are not cute.2018, Shelley Holtzendorff, The Job/Joy of Mommyhood, WestBow Press. From the entry Amelia Bedelia
• Milk floats were flimsy at the front (especially the three-wheelers) but very strong at the back.2016, Andrew Ward, No Milk Today: The Vanishing World of the Milkman, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry milk float
• If the walls are rough or uneven, they should be first pricked up, and then floated.2016, William Millar, Plastering: Plain and Decorative, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry prick up
• A hand floated beside the corpse, waxish white, looking more like a claw than ever.2016, Sigrid Weidenweber, From Gulag to Freedom, →ISBN. From the entry waxish
• It floats on a cushion of huzun, the way an air-hockey puck hovers above the game table.2015 October 20, Dwight Garner, “Review: Orhan Pamuk’s ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’”, in New York Times. From the entry huzun
• “But hope has floated at me from every angle at West Jefferson.”2013, Andrea Shaw, Alla, West Jefferson Medical Center float pays tribute to cancer patients, survivors. From the entry float at
• Boil the halusky about 5 minutes, until the dumplings float on top of the water.2011, Francesca Davis DiPiazza, Slovakia in Pictures (Visual Geography Series), Minneapolis, Minn.: Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN…. From the entry halusky
• To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.2010, Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies, page 290. From the entry clear
• He can easily unspike his hair and float the skateboard down the river.2010, Peter Helton, Falling More Slowly. From the entry unspike
• Awesome is shadowboxed images that float above the site and make your image pop off the screen.2009, Tris Hussey, Create Your Own Blog. From the entry shadowbox
• Dust particles floated in the air, thick enough to choke a snake.2008, Cathy McDavid, The Family Plan, page 23. From the entry enough to choke a snake
• For example, long projections emerged from the cells and floated before they retracted, creating a starlike pattern.2007 September 16, Lawrence K. Altman, “4 Winners of Lasker Medical Prize”, in New York Times. From the entry starlike
• Used and discarded Fls–French letters–floated in the slime, little opaque vessels carrying human seed into oblivion.2005, Shilpa Agarwal, Haunting Bombay. From the entry fl
• According to the peasant workers, Huang's body floated up six days after the incident.2001, Anita Chan, China's Workers Under Assault: The Exploitation of Labor in a Globalizing Economy, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC…. From the entry Houjie

Meaning of float

1. verb To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
2. verb To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
3. verb To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.

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Questions about float in a sentence

How do you use float in a sentence?

Float is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Helium balloons float in air, while air-filled balloons don't.”

What is a short sentence with float?

“Oil floats on vinegar.”

What does float mean?

Float means to be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).