Sentence examples for been drifting for from inspiring English sources

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know, when I came into office, we were still bogged down in Iraq, and Afghanistan had been drifting for a decade.

Steven Mandis, a Goldman veteran turned academic, argues in a remarkable new book, "What Happened to Goldman Sachs?", that the firm's culture has been drifting for years.

The boat appeared to feature Korean "Hangul" markings on its hull, while its dilapidated condition suggested it had been drifting for some time, said the spokesman.

When Marks & Spencer chairman Archie Norman took charge last year, he said that the struggling retailer had been "drifting" for more than 15 years.

"This government has been drifting for 18 months without anyone at the helm, and the economy has gone to hell as a result.

He had been drifting for some time - back and forth over the borders - he was in Minnesota when they caught him.

The data from these detectors have been extremely valuable for the short-term time variation studies, but caution is advised in using the data for long-term studies from NMs with baselines that are drifting for cause(s) unknown.

James Scott and Steve Larkin of Lawndale were drifting for halibut 500 yards off Point Dume in their boat the Ghetto Queen when Scott hooked a 23 1/2-pound flat fish on 15-pound test line with cut squid.

Each stimulus was drifted for 2 s and interleaved for 1 s with a blank screen of the same mean luminance (40 cd/m) as that of the gratings.

The Independent's sales have been drifting away for years.

Despite recent increases, coal's price has been drifting downward for years.