Sentence examples for come adrift from inspiring English sources

Elsewhere, however, things come adrift.

The Courage Consort Michel Faber 121pp, Canongate, £6.99 Michel Faber's heroines are women who have come adrift.

Big bits – weather buoys that had come adrift, fuel containers and suchlike – and small bits, and even smaller bits.

There is often an edge to public and media opinion about 'iconic' cultural buildings: won't they come adrift from their local moorings and sail off into elitist culture?

The police figures that policymakers were relying upon showed that road users were indeed becoming less accident-prone.It now seems likely, however, that these figures have come adrift from reality.

"True to its title, the book had floated out of my mind like a hot-air balloon come adrift from its tethers … Of the characters I retained nothing at all, not even their names".

Even more require follow-up surgery to repair problems, such as staples coming adrift.

"It is my job to keep order," she says, and that order is coming adrift.

Laurence Cummings's stylish conducting doesn't prevent the internal choral balance coming adrift on occasion.

He has returned to the parental home, to find that there is no home any more: his hold on reality is coming adrift.

Her pose is inelegant: she rests her elbow on the back of her chair, and one of her stockings is coming adrift.