adrift

Preposition: of

• place: They remain ten points adrift of sixth place after the sixth draw of Glenn Hoddle's 11 games in charge.

Preposition: with

• game: Six points adrift with twenty games to go - you boys have pulled off a minor miracle.

Preposition: at

• bottom: We were adrift at the bottom with only five games to go but then a change of form lifted us one place.
• sea: After days of being adrift at sea, you and the other 5 people in your lifeboat run aground on a desert island.
• foot: It was a match Swansea had to win to avoid being cast further adrift at the foot of the division.

Modifying Another Word

• far: The initial indication is that is should not be too far adrift from the stance we are taking in the UK.
• little: In third place, the Exeter Colleges Guild produced some reasonable ringing although the leading was a little adrift; they made 18 faults.
• well: The second most popular choice, Dental Update, was well adrift on 18 % .
• slightly: Which did make me think the measurement was slightly adrift, given the track conditions.
• somewhat: For starters, there were only three options, leaving those who identify as pansexual or asexual or something else somewhat adrift.
• often: We are often adrift in an illusion that seems real.

Preposition: in

• place: Eight seconds adrift in second place was Lucky on his first outing in a number of months.
• sea: Instead he was adrift in a sea of warm light of shifting colors.
• illusion: We are often adrift in an illusion that seems real.