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
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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Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Outside his own home, a bright blue house in the remote borough of Arroyo Naranjo, Mustelier Oruña’s music seeps through windows, wafting out of neighboring living rooms and kitchens.
—Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Bao Ong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Certainly, there is not the faintest whiff of a waft of a suggestion that Novak was anything other than delightful to work with, the very incarnation of sweetness and light herself.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The smell of rice cooking wafted through the house.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Outside his own home, a bright blue house in the remote borough of Arroyo Naranjo, Mustelier Oruña’s music seeps through windows, wafting out of neighboring living rooms and kitchens.
—Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
The scent of fragrant broth wafts from the kitchen into the bright dining room.
—Bao Ong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Certainly, there is not the faintest whiff of a waft of a suggestion that Novak was anything other than delightful to work with, the very incarnation of sweetness and light herself.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waft
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“Waft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waft. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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