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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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 3 July 2025
So here in this corner of California, with the citrus scents of the Mediterranean wafting through the terraces and open windows, is an opportunity beyond rare.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Lauren-Kennedy Brown, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025
Our conversation drifts and wafts, circling Eso Won Books, the Black bookstore that Fugate has owned with Thomas Hamilton for over three decades.
—Katie Mitchell, Essence, 7 June 2025
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Verb
Each receptor is a protein that can recognize and latch onto many kinds of odorants — molecules that are light enough to evaporate off your cup of coffee, the wet grass outside, or the microbes in your armpits, and waft into the air and, in turn, your nasal passages.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 3 July 2025
So here in this corner of California, with the citrus scents of the Mediterranean wafting through the terraces and open windows, is an opportunity beyond rare.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
What else happens during the Young Moguls camp A mix of sweet and spicy aromas waft in the school’s kitchen as students tested their culinary skills with international flair.
—Lauren-Kennedy Brown, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025
Our conversation drifts and wafts, circling Eso Won Books, the Black bookstore that Fugate has owned with Thomas Hamilton for over three decades.
—Katie Mitchell, Essence, 7 June 2025
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“Waft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waft. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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