wafted
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Wafted along by George Gershwin's symphonies, the story is that of a highborn scioness, financially but never socially embarrassed, who wins a treasure hunt and marries a paste-board realtor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Wafted through the air, these vapors apparently stimulate neighboring undamaged trees, which also alter their leaf chemistry in order to become less tasty to voracious bugs.
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Wafted in varying cadence, by the shore Of the still twinkling river, they bespeak ����A day of jubilee, ����An ancient holiday.
From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk
Yea, methinks I catch already Fragrant perfumes from the land, Wafted by celestial breezes; Surely it is near at hand.
From Favourite Welsh Hymns Translated into English by Morris, Joseph, of Narbeth, Pembrokeshire
I. Wafted o'er purple seas, From gold Hesperides, Mixed with the southern breeze, Hail to us spirits!
From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.