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Equipment makers are developing machines that are more energy-efficient, and ventilation systems that waft aroma through the lobby—an old-school marketing tactic that still does the trick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

On Thursday, in one over from Scott Boland, he was hit by a bouncer, almost pinned lbw and missed with a wild waft reminiscent of the second of those Brisbane brain fades.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

With movement, their vertical skirt layers waft open, like the turning pages of a book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

Snuffle and let that sense of curiosity and discovery waft pleasingly over your proboscis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

They crystallized in the bright air and hovered, twirled a bit to catch the light on their angles, and then waited for a breeze to waft them away.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

The scent of Mexican spiced coffee brewed in a clay pot wafts through the front room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

"Life is short as a drying drop of water. Don't be sad," a singer's voice wafts into the street.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

On summer nights the sound of laughter from pubs and bars wafts through his neighbourhood - but so does the stench of rubbish.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

In the opening credits of “Gladiator II,” an oil painting of Omorogbe’s unnamed fighter wafts across the screen, promising, perhaps, a new generation of gladiatrices.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024

Then the scent of caramel wafts by as he walks, and Bailey finds he is not particularly hungry after all.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

They waved small American flags as salted sea air wafted in from the Pacific Ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

The smell of manure and dirt wafted in the humid air.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Mr. Williams, a chef based in New York, was born and raised in a beachside village on St. Vincent, where the smell of kitchen smoke often wafted in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

They made do with no running water, and soon the smell of grilled fish wafted through the site.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

She coughed as a bit of dust wafted up from it.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and told us about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

In Taiwan, temples are everywhere, wedged between shops and apartment blocks, their incense smoke wafting into busy intersections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

On the island of Borneo, the mayor of the city of Pontianak ordered schools closed due to the smoke wafting over the city from fires elsewhere.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

In 2022, Melbourne declared the smell of Vegemite wafting from a factory in the city a "significant" aspect of the city's cultural heritage.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

I suddenly recall the sound of Voodoo drums wafting into the army barracks in Mirebalais at night, when I visited Haiti as a journalist, around the time I first met Farmer.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French