float at

English

Verb

float at (third-person singular simple present floats at, present participle floating at, simple past and past participle floated at)

1. (transitive) To present or make available to; offer, especially prospectively.
   • 2014, Thomas S. Weinberg, Staci Newmahr, Selves, Symbols, and Sexualities:

     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.

2. (intransitive) To arrive without warning, but not suddenly.
   • 2013, Timothy J. O'Leary III, The Dimensional Gateway:

     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!

   • 2013, Andrea Shaw, Alla, West Jefferson Medical Center float pays tribute to cancer patients, survivors:

     “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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