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, 16 Sep. 2025
One possibility is that the water on young Venus formed steam that wafted above the magma sea covering the newborn planet’s surface.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
The essence of French cooking wafts through the air as one passes the doors of other iconic eateries like Le Bilboquet, La Goulue, Le Veau d’Or, and Match 65 Brasserie, all located in the East 60s.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Sitting up high while barely five feet tall, no doors in the summertime, bushels of basil and rosemary from the farmer’s market wafting up to the front.
—Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
One possibility is that the water on young Venus formed steam that wafted above the magma sea covering the newborn planet’s surface.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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
The essence of French cooking wafts through the air as one passes the doors of other iconic eateries like Le Bilboquet, La Goulue, Le Veau d’Or, and Match 65 Brasserie, all located in the East 60s.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Waft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waft. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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