as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
a feather wafted past us and settled on the grass
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Recent Examples of wafted
The scent of urine wafted around us.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Police tape cordoned off the building; a small stream of smoke wafted from the charred roof of the facility.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The odor of burning garbage wafted from a nearby incineration plant.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Hope still wafted through the 104,122 in attendance, especially after Reed drove the team downfield to brink of overtime, only to come up short on a touch pass the Hurricanes read well.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 21 Dec. 2025
The sulfurous scent of hell wafted on the sea breeze.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The smell of rice cooking wafted through the house.
—Literary Hub, 25 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
Music by Ludovico Einaudi, who paid his respects early on Sunday morning, wafted through the room.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Police tape cordoned off the building; a small stream of smoke wafted from the charred roof of the facility.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The odor of burning garbage wafted from a nearby incineration plant.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Hope still wafted through the 104,122 in attendance, especially after Reed drove the team downfield to brink of overtime, only to come up short on a touch pass the Hurricanes read well.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 21 Dec. 2025
The sulfurous scent of hell wafted on the sea breeze.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
The smell of rice cooking wafted through the house.
—Literary Hub, 25 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
Music by Ludovico Einaudi, who paid his respects early on Sunday morning, wafted through the room.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wafted
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Crude oil prices have hovered around $60 a barrel in recent days.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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At its peak in 2000, GE’s market cap hovered around $600 billion, more than $1 trillion in today’s dollars.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Taylor floated through the crowds at the show thanks to a sky-high pair of platform ankle-strap pumps made from lustrous black satin.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Russian president has floated using Russian assets frozen in the United States to pay the $1 billion fee for a permanent seat.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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Yesterday’s trial marked the sixth time the submarine sailed out for acceptance testing.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Swain’s pass sailed long, but Weaver somehow corralled it and called a timeout before stepping out of bounds.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The sun won’t rise before seven thirty, Camilla thought, as her gaze drifted bitterly over the nearby rooftops and domed churches in the distance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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This year’s willingness to set aside core principles to accommodate political spectacle underscores how much the event has drifted from its founding spirit.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Wafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wafted. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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