The phrase "float about" is not a common phrase used in written English.
It can, however, be used to describe the movement of something in a vague or casual manner. For example, "The kites floated about in the breeze."
Anyone, it turned out, could float about on the canals.
Extra penises float about, and fill any otherwise unoccupied orifice.
You simply float about, bob about, hit terrible waves.
Projected onto the walls in the darkened main gallery, little illuminated words float about randomly.
Chad and Shae float about, too, although Pharrell does the heavy lifting.
The news is just bits and pieces that float about everywhere.
Her mind does not naturally float about without direction: it is a machine designed for analytic thought.
However, due to weightlessness, the water droplets and soap don't flow downwards into a drain, they float about.
The International Space Station, where Russians and Americans float about in harmony, is for Ms Whitford, an example of what can be achieved through the powers of cooperation.
As the capsule travels into zero gravity, the charcoal will float about, marking the sides of the container and drawing a path of its journey.
He must be something, "or forever float about in the great political sea without compass, rudder, or sail," as his law partner put it.
