as in floating
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 wafting
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Just imagine the smell of apples, cinnamon, and warm baked bread wafting throughout the house.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Flickers of the time period are made plain through the musical choices wafting through the radio.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
Are there horrible smells wafting around?
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 7 Jan. 2026
Mary Rodgers later recalled driving up to a brownstone on East Seventy-third Street, where her team heard music wafting through the door.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Custom scents wafting throughout the space.
—Jessica Swannie, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
The 75-year-old ginkgo trees have been wafting the unpleasant smell into the air at the Northern California park, forcing residents to brave the stench that is comparable to vomit, The Sacramento Bee and SFGATE report.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
These are serious temples of pleasure, with irresistible aromas wafting out and window displays beckoning with equal measures of art and enticement.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
The endless breeze wafting across the beachside infinity pool and into Beach House, an airy breakfast-lunch-dinner spot that feels more like a chic friend’s home in the Mediterranean than a resort restaurant in the Caribbean.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Just imagine the smell of apples, cinnamon, and warm baked bread wafting throughout the house.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Flickers of the time period are made plain through the musical choices wafting through the radio.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
Are there horrible smells wafting around?
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 7 Jan. 2026
Mary Rodgers later recalled driving up to a brownstone on East Seventy-third Street, where her team heard music wafting through the door.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Custom scents wafting throughout the space.
—Jessica Swannie, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
The 75-year-old ginkgo trees have been wafting the unpleasant smell into the air at the Northern California park, forcing residents to brave the stench that is comparable to vomit, The Sacramento Bee and SFGATE report.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
These are serious temples of pleasure, with irresistible aromas wafting out and window displays beckoning with equal measures of art and enticement.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wafting
Verb
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Home sales hovering at around $300,000 at the beginning of 2020 climbed to about $500,000 by spring 2022, the real estate data showed.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Despite rates hovering above 6% since September 2022, life goes on.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Enjoy Jewish comfort food at its finest—light and fluffy matzo balls floating in a bowl of rich chicken stock and tender vegetables.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
11 Feb. 2026
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Putting a toe in the water, trying something new on for size, floating a trial balloon.—
Mark Woolsey,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Max Houser 6-Tier Hanging Closet Shelf Instantly create more hanging space with this fabric shelving unit that makes use of otherwise dead vertical space.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Dec. 2025
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Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The vessel departed from Miami and was sailing to Honolulu.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Shahed-139 drone was shot down by an F-35C fighter jet from the Lincoln, which, according to Hawkins, was sailing about 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast.—
Konstantin Toropin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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