Meaning of float at | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To present or make available to; offer, especially prospectively.
   transitive
2. To arrive without warning, but not suddenly.
   intransitive

Examples

“The word imposter was floated at me a few times. I can still feel⟳ the sting⟳ of those words sometimes when I hit an emotional low point⟳.”

“Just as quickly as the thought arrived, he was enveloped by the Portal's cloud. Wow, he thought, you have⟳ just got to stop⟳ surprising me like⟳ that! O.K., what now? More “job interviews” with future prospective employers who float⟳ at you with an “I come⟳ in peace” motivation? Or, maybe something more mundane like⟳ stopping a world war!”

““In your mind⟳, whether you want⟳ to or not, you immediately start⟳ to say⟳ goodbye and just make⟳ final (arrangements) just to grandkids, your neighbors and all that,” she said of learning of her diagnosis. “But hope⟳ has floated at me from every angle at West Jefferson.””

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