wafted
Example Sentences
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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
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
They made do with no running water, and soon the smell of grilled fish wafted through the site.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
From upstairs wafted the smell of fresh paint; from downstairs, the site of the lone toilet, came the sounds of a sweatshop.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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