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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
waft .
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Examples
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The dangerous scent of oiled leather wafted from the boots when he examined them.
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A keening moan, like a siren song, wafted from a nearby garbage hill.
Breakdown 2010
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There was a large pit in the center of the cave, smoke still wafted from the embers.
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The delicious smell of a venison roast wafted from the oven.
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But no white powder mixed with the black, and only wispy plumes of steam wafted from the fat, high smokestacks of the Sunnsy cement company (its name is from the Chinese shansui, or “mountain water”).
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The slaughterhouse stench wafted from the open window.
Friday Freebie: An excerpt from THE SEVEN – Brian Keene 2008
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But no white powder mixed with the black, and only wispy plumes of steam wafted from the fat, high smokestacks of the Sunnsy cement company (its name is from the Chinese shansui, or “mountain water”).
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The delicious smell of a venison roast wafted from the oven.
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But no white powder mixed with the black, and only wispy plumes of steam wafted from the fat, high smokestacks of the Sunnsy cement company (its name is from the Chinese shansui, or “mountain water”).
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But no white powder mixed with the black, and only wispy plumes of steam wafted from the fat, high smokestacks of the Sunnsy cement company (its name is from the Chinese shansui, or “mountain water”).
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