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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Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
When squirrels scale the giant tree towering over the property, a crispy sound wafts from the singed bark.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2025
Air Mail, 22 Mar. 2025
The smell of burning cedar and mesquite waft through the grounds.
—Patty Hodapp, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2024
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Verb
Gunsmoke that smells of rotten eggs wafts over the field.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
When squirrels scale the giant tree towering over the property, a crispy sound wafts from the singed bark.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
But the trend at the giddiest heights of real estate isn’t the waft of a Brady Bunch idyll.
—Air Mail, 22 Mar. 2025
The smell of burning cedar and mesquite waft through the grounds.
—Patty Hodapp, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Waft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waft. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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