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
Miguel Otárola The Denver Post (TNS) DENVER — The smell of sauteed shrimp wafted across the event hall behind Hot Shot Coffee in north Denver.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
From another room somewhere, the stink of cigarettes wafted in.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The dust wafted inland and dissipated in minutes.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Thousands of fans lined the streets to show the players their support and smoke from flares wafted through the air, while inside the ground, the South Stand was transformed into a sea of flags and banners.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
On the Valley of Shadows podcast, the two spoke of the smells of sagebrush and cowboy cologne that wafted by when the wind picked up.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026
Inside, the aromas of beef tenderloin, simmering vegetables, sweet potatoes and gravy wafted from the small commercial kitchen.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Micron has come a long way since its humble founding nearly half a century ago in the basement of a Boise dental office, where sedative gas wafted through the floorboards and an early executive used a hair dryer to keep the company’s logo from smearing off its chips.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
On the ground floor, the smell of buttery pastries wafted from a test kitchen packed with students.
—Natalie B. Compton, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2026
Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
From another room somewhere, the stink of cigarettes wafted in.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The dust wafted inland and dissipated in minutes.
—Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Thousands of fans lined the streets to show the players their support and smoke from flares wafted through the air, while inside the ground, the South Stand was transformed into a sea of flags and banners.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
On the Valley of Shadows podcast, the two spoke of the smells of sagebrush and cowboy cologne that wafted by when the wind picked up.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 21 Mar. 2026
Inside, the aromas of beef tenderloin, simmering vegetables, sweet potatoes and gravy wafted from the small commercial kitchen.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
Micron has come a long way since its humble founding nearly half a century ago in the basement of a Boise dental office, where sedative gas wafted through the floorboards and an early executive used a hair dryer to keep the company’s logo from smearing off its chips.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
On the ground floor, the smell of buttery pastries wafted from a test kitchen packed with students.
—Natalie B. Compton, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wafted
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Global crude prices hovered between $60 and $70 for most of 2025.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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Overcast skies hovered over Atlanta during the midafternoon as the metro area braced for severe weather.—
Vanessa McCray,
AJC.com,
6 May 2026
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Arches of black and yellow balloons floated over tables set with meals in plastic boxes.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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While past presidents and lawmakers have occasionally floated gas tax holidays, a suspension of the tax has never passed in Congress.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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By then, 34 other passengers had departed the vessel, which first sailed from the South American country of Argentina in March, with stops in the Antarctic and other locations before heading to waters off Cape Verde near the coast of West Africa.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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The ship then sailed for the port of Praia in Cape Verde, but was denied permission to dock.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The staircase to the second floor had a stair lift, and into my head drifted an image of an elderly widow, slowly ascending to her bedroom after eating alone, her kitchen overflowing with porcelain and crystal reminders of dinner parties long ago.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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Key creative decisions have drifted.—
George Heller,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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