Use of afloat in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include afloat at the start of sentence, afloat at the end of sentence and afloat in the middle of sentence

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afloat at the end of sentence


  1. The boat is afloat.
  2. The lower deck is afloat.
  3. He kept the business afloat.
  4. How long did you spend afloat?
  5. Rumors of a revolt were afloat.
  6. Somehow we kept the boat afloat.
  7. Somehow we kept the ship afloat.
  8. They made a raft and set it afloat.
  9. I had to battle hard just to stay afloat.
  10. It was one of the largest vessels afloat.
  11. She was trying desperately to stay afloat.
  12. The ship was listing badly but still kept afloat.
  13. He clung tightly to the raft to keep himself afloat.
  14. The Treasury borrowed £40 billion, just to stay afloat.
  15. Many small businesses are struggling to stay/keep afloat.
  16. He could not swim and only a life jacket kept him afloat.
  17. They had to sell their assets to keep the business afloat.
  18. They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.

afloat in the middle of sentence


  1. She spent seven days afloat on a raft.
  2. There's a story afloat that he'll resign.
  3. The inheritance kept them afloat for years.
  4. The children set their new boat afloat on the lake.
  5. The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
  6. The firm managed to stay afloat during the recession.
  7. They are borrowing just to stay afloat, not for investment.
  8. The boat stuck on a sandbank but we soon got it afloat again.
  9. Several of the lifeboats were still afloat a month after being cast adrift .
  10. Hurling his arms and legs about wildly,he kept afloat but wasted much effort.
  11. He is struggling to keep afloat after a series of emotional and health problems.

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