waft

There are flies, rats and, if the wind shifts every so slightly, a waft of thick, nauseating air from the warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

It also isn’t uncommon for wildfire smoke from the U.S. to waft into Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

I inhale, letting new smells — something minty and palo santo-y, maybe? — waft over me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

It was malleable and oblong, perfectly complemented by a waft of boy-next-door blond locks and a brow that could convey emotion just as well as any histrionic soap dialogue.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026

At once he was met with the familiar waft of her very floral perfume.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The scent of Mexican spiced coffee brewed in a clay pot wafts through the front room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

"Life is short as a drying drop of water. Don't be sad," a singer's voice wafts into the street.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

On summer nights the sound of laughter from pubs and bars wafts through his neighbourhood - but so does the stench of rubbish.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

The scent of copal, a tree resin used by Mesoamerican cultures for spiritual, medicinal and practical rituals, wafts through the space.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2024

The president’s grating tone wafts up to my room.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

They waved small American flags as salted sea air wafted in from the Pacific Ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Mr. Williams, a chef based in New York, was born and raised in a beachside village on St. Vincent, where the smell of kitchen smoke often wafted in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

At the impact site, a fresh evergreen scent wafted through the air from cypress trees whose branches were blown off in the strike.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

Harry Brook, England's vice-captain, wafted and waved at Mitchell Starc bouncers at the other end.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

The familiar scent of scared screecher wafted my way.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Growing up in southwest France, where her father made wine and her mother operated a bed-and-breakfast, Ms. de Ferrier enjoyed how the fragrance of the château’s garden swirled with the scents wafting from the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

One woman walked wordlessly through the neighborhood, wafting a smudge stick of burning sage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

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

The smell of herbs and spices wafting through the corridors seems to suggest they are not the only ones who feel this way.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

The stuff was everywhere, We piled in gritty drifts by the side doors of houses, wafting up from the chimneys as oily smoke, smeared on the overalls of men walking to work.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs