Sentence examples for were left drifting from inspiring English sources

The migrants, who want to reach Malaysia, were instead being sent by sea, but thousands were left drifting as no country wanted to take them in.

The probe was left drifting in space.

The rubber boat left Libya for Italy on Saturday and appears to have been left drifting without an engine for several days, said Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration in Rome.

The boats, laden with women, children and others wounded in the violence, have been left drifting in the broad Naf River delta between the two countries, short of food and water, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

"You can spend everything you want on housing, but if people don't have jobs and a sense of responsibility for the community, then they're left drifting about".

A British solo yachtswoman who was left drifting in the Southern Ocean for more than 50 hours after her vessel was wrecked in a storm is recovering following a dramatic rescue in which she was winched aboard a huge cargo ship.

As a result, he said, thousands of the most able pupils – many from disadvantaged backgrounds – had been left "drifting" through the first few years of secondary school, allowing academic standards to fall and the attainment gap between rich and poor students to widen.

Heavily damaged and without power, Neosho was left drifting and slowly sinking.

Without its faster-than-light drive, the Spirit of Fire is left drifting in space.

The team was evacuated and the SS America was left drifting towards the Canary Islands, with her owners (and insurers) hoping the storm would subside.

In 2011, African migrants trying to reach the island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean were left to drift at sea despite being sighted by officials; more than 60 people died.