waft

I inhale, letting new smells — something minty and palo santo-y, maybe? — waft over me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

It was malleable and oblong, perfectly complemented by a waft of boy-next-door blond locks and a brow that could convey emotion just as well as any histrionic soap dialogue.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026

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

But Ms Weir said: "You get sometimes a big waft of air… it would make you gag."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025

At once he was met with the familiar waft of her very floral perfume.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

But this is not a blood-and-guts show business exposé — it’s a diaphanous portrait of a woman who, like Anderson herself, wafts through life like a marabou feather.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

The woman who stepped in front of us, walking through us like we were wafts of smoke.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

Bouchier wafted unnecessarily outside the off stump, Heather Knight played around a straight one from Sayali Satghare for six and Jones suffered a lapse in concentration to prod spinner Sneh Rana to short leg.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

It wafted across Paris for about 25 minutes at about 3,000 feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

Walter Heckem, 63, moved into the residence a few years ago and says the free dinners, especially pasta and beef dishes, remind him of the smells that wafted through his childhood home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The stench wafted up from the darkness, stinging his nostrils.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

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

Growing up in southwest France, where her father made wine and her mother operated a bed-and-breakfast, Ms. de Ferrier enjoyed how the fragrance of the château’s garden swirled with the scents wafting from the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

It has been maligned for gas leaks, and was the reason a plane was grounded after passengers remonstrated against the smell wafting from the cargo hold.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

She could smell the fragrance wafting up from the wine: honey, peaches, flowers in midsummer, as intoxicating as first love.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo