Quietly standing in the cold dark lane, they suddenly appeared adrift in their own city.
Lacking an upperclassman rudder, UConn's offense appeared adrift at times.
Those two nations, like many others in Africa, appear adrift, with few common values to guide them forward.
The driving force behind the metamorphosis has clearly been Father Harrington, who is widely credited with reinvigorating a university that appeared adrift when he took over.
Without his brother, who gave the president the assurance that he could count on the political and economic backing of at least a quarter of the country — the south — Mr. Karzai's government appears increasingly adrift.
Chuck Hagel, the current Pentagon chief, resigned under pressure on November 24th, accepting his fate as fall-guy for a national-security apparatus that appears increasingly adrift, even as lethal crises ring the horizon.
President Fernando de la Rúa turned to Mr. Cavallo, the third economy minister in three weeks, to shore up a government that has appeared increasingly adrift.
Much like the red balloon, which bops into periodic view and hovers outside the apartment window like a prowler (or an angel), mother and child appear especially adrift.
The character first appeared in "Adrift", where he was only shown briefly, knocking down three of the show's main characters with a stick.
