wafting

Example Sentences

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In protest, he jumped on stage, wiggled his bottom at the cameras, made a strange wafting gesture with his hands and beat a hasty retreat, pursued by Jackson's security team.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The acrid smoke wafting from burning waste in her neighbourhood in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, made it hard to breathe.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

But that did little to allay the concerns of Dermish and his neighbors, who continued to see flares light up the sky and to smell gas wafting over the community.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

Today, she said, she can’t always keep her windows open without an odor wafting into their home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

The smell of the mint jelly filled the room, heavy and sickly sweet, awful, wafting around him.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt