wafting

Example Sentences

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The smell of dill wafting through the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

In protest, he jumped on stage, wiggled his bottom at the cameras, made a strange wafting gesture with his hands and beat a hasty retreat, pursued by Jackson's security team.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

One woman walked wordlessly through the neighborhood, wafting a smudge stick of burning sage.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

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

A delicious smell of food was wafting from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down a narrow stone staircase that led into the dungeons.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling