wafted; wafting; wafts
: to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium
heavenly aromas wafted from the kitchen
: to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves
wafter
noun
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Examples of waft in a Sentence
Verb
The smell of chicken soup wafted up to my bedroom.
The sound of music wafted softly into the yard from our neighbor's house.
A breeze wafted the scent of roses towards our table.
Noun
wafts carrying the scent of spring flowers
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Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
Approaching the bakery, the smell of butter was wafting through the air.
—Rachel Dube, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Patty Hodapp, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2024
And one last time before parting, the sweet notes of a flute waft through the air.
—Ross Peleh, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Along a dirt road about 25 minutes south of Fayetteville, a powerful odor sometimes wafts from 48 chicken houses where farmers raise birds for Mountaire.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
Approaching the bakery, the smell of butter was wafting through the air.
—Rachel Dube, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
The smell of burning cedar and mesquite waft through the grounds.
—Patty Hodapp, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2024
And one last time before parting, the sweet notes of a flute waft through the air.
—Ross Peleh, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Waft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waft. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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