Sentence examples of "float" in English with translation "flotter"
A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.
Une feuille morte flottait à la surface de l'eau.
One quality of oil is that it floats on water.
Une des qualités de l'huile est qu'elle flotte sur l'eau.
Soon, I could only see her neck floating above the waves.
Bientôt, je ne pus voir que son cou, flotter au-dessus des vagues.
The astronaut lost his grip on the wrench and all he could do was watch in dismay as it floated serenely away.
L'astronaute perdit sa prise sur la clé anglaise et tout ce qu'il pouvait faire était de regarder avec désarroi tandis qu'elle s'éloignait sereinement en flottant.
Would God, I were the tender apple blossom, That floats and falls from off the twisted bough, To lie and faint within your silken bosom, Within your silken bosom as that does now.
Dieu ferait-il que je sois un tendre bourgeon de pommier, qui flotte et du rameau tordu choit, pour se coucher et s'évanouir en votre sein de soie, en votre sein de soie comme il le fait séant.
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