wafting

Example Sentences

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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

Taken along with the overall stink that still hangs on the Globes, which joins the general toxicity wafting in the air a mere 11 days into 2026, however, it’s all pretty deflating.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

In 2022, Melbourne declared the smell of Vegemite wafting from a factory in the city a "significant" aspect of the city's cultural heritage.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 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

It’s ripe and wafting all over the room.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz