wafting

Example Sentences

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Taken along with the overall stink that still hangs on the Globes, which joins the general toxicity wafting in the air a mere 11 days into 2026, however, it’s all pretty deflating.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 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

The acrid smoke wafting from burning waste in her neighbourhood in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, made it hard to breathe.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

“Some of this stuff gets used in things,” he says, gesturing toward album art and walking around the light-filled room, incense wafting from the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Assn. across the pedestrian-only way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

Some new odor was wafting on the breeze.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson