The phrase "driftwood on" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to indicate that something is resting or placed on top of driftwood. Example: The beach was littered with shells, seaweed, and pieces of driftwood on which seagulls perched and preened themselves under the warm sun.
The sour mood is informed instead by the contrast between rising aspirations and enduring hardships; by a growing sense of alienation from the state; and by the unease of anticipation as the end of an era inevitably looms ever closer.It is not surprising that Egyptians should feel rather like driftwood on the Nile, accelerating towards one of the great river's cataracts.
Van Gaal's midfield was simply overwhelmed that day – "like driftwood on a sea of yellow and black" as one German newspaper described it.
DRIFTWOOD ON THE OCEAN isn't the sort of place one envisions as a summer retreat for a real estate mogul.
I even hacked away at pieces of driftwood on the beach.
Using oversize chowder clams as his canvas, he builds intricate dioramas out of carved driftwood on the half shell.
But if the setup is homey (garden bench out front; driftwood on the windowsill; pots of marjoram, mint and basil hanging from a wall), the food is not.
The Pacific Ocean rages wild, forming sea-stacks, living tide pools, and perfectly smoothed stones shaped by the world's largest ocean, laying ground for endless mounds of driftwood to sit on, to play on, and to throw on top of your by-the-sea campfire.
Mr. Gachot's most minimal pieces are based on driftwood, to which he has added only a few embellishments.
We bounced along the waves until we reached a rickety driftwood structure on a sand bar.
We push on past the pier, and the Harvester, stopping for hot drinks and cake at the Urban Reef cafe-restaurant, which also makes me think of Bondi; it's all driftwood, drawers on walls, bright chairs and market stalls, displaying the local produce that they want you to see them cooking in the open kitchen.
He mainly creates quirky animals from driftwood found on their beach.
