Sentence examples for drifted upward from inspiring English sources

As he drifted upward, his images became flatter, stranger: visual puzzles.

Since the change in administrations, however, parole approval numbers have drifted upward.

Mr. Obama's standing in Ohio seems to have drifted upward to a lead of about three points from two, reducing the risk of a polling error there.

The earth passed across one porthole and drifted upward out of sight, then reappeared in another porthole on the other side of the ball before drifting downward out of sight.

On the replacement side of the contest, Cruz Bustamante is an affable mediocrity who has drifted upward on a combination of term limits, opportunism, ethnic ticket-balancing, and luck.

What we can never see is the mobility in that face, the way, according to contemporaries, his left eye sometimes drifted upward on its own as a result of his facial condition.

Rather, he said: "Markets tend to drift upward or cascade down.

The coils of Salome's hair drift upward toward the top of the drawing.

Only the ebb and flow of traffic along Route 9G, drifting upward in a muffled rumble, breaks the stillness.

Dechy — a thoughtful sort who, at 29, is eight years Ivanovic's senior — let her thoughts drift upward.

Mid-sentence, he would pause, his right hand supporting his chin, his eyes drifting upward to fasten on a spot on the ceiling".