- present participle of waft.
wafting
Example Sentences
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"I was diving in the Clyde and one of the instructors had to pull me out of the way of the tentacles as it was wafting above me," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
To see if he would swing his legs over the side of the mattress and stand up and wander to the bathroom and shave his face, the smell of soap wafting out to the hallway.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
