It droned off to the southwest, leaving them standing between the dark earth and the dark blue sky with its swiftly drifting white clouds.
It consisted of fine diaphanous vapour drifting swiftly from the westwards.
Although Jock worked fast to rig the new tow line, it seemed like an eternity as they drifted swiftly towards the shallows and the waiting enemy.
Then, snakelike, it whipped astern as the unmoored rowboat began to drift swiftly backward into the river darkness.
The night was a windy one, with broken clouds drifting swiftly across the face of a three-quarter moon.
It was a windy day, and the clouds were drifting swiftly across the heavens, with glimpses of blue between.
No swiftly drifting islands of scum.
There was a brisk breeze, and light, fleecy clouds drifted swiftly across the sky.
Beyond was a young fir plantation, and over its olive line there rose a white whirl which drifted swiftly, like a cloud-scud on a breezy day.
A cold wind blew up from the sea and ragged clouds drifted swiftly across the sky.