Sentence examples for floated him from inspiring English sources

They could have floated him over London to bring down German bombers".

When the favorite's rider, Kent Desormeaux, wanted to go inside around the far turn, Bailey got there first and floated him outside.

For the right, Mr. Condit is a weapon to wield against the Democratic Party, of which he is a card-carrying member (though the Bush administration once floated him as a possible agriculture secretary).

Big Brown had floated him around the track; they had maybe an eighth of a mile to go and, lord, if Desormeaux did not feel his colt had sprouted wings.

They could have floated him over London to bring down the German bombers …" Then there were John Prescott, having his wicked way with the English language and Michael Martin, as Speaker, addressing the house in allegedly impenetrable Scots.

The company Ebbers founded also floated him a $10 million "retention bonus" last year even as it slashed bonuses for the rest of its executives.

"I wish to take Man out of the cave and float him in the air," Von Abt proclaims.

The Mekong, floating him through civilizations wrecked as a consequence, becomes a ghostly tributary that, we come to realize, also flows directly from Gargan's past.

Keller had never really read a cookbook before he drove to Narragansett, hoping to find a job that would float him through a season of America's Cup partying in Newport.

The determined child tries sending him a letter and firing a note via bow and arrow, before floating him a present of a telescope tied to balloons, which finally enables them to make contact.

In acting terms, he had wandered into a dangerous area that technique couldn't float him out of; only the depth of his emotional commitment to the character and the scene could.