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- verb Present participle of
waft . - noun An instance of
wafting ; the action of something that wafts.
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Examples
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Rolls-Royce has used the term wafting, meaning to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air, to describe the ride of its cars.
Gearlog Bill Howard 2010
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Hunkered down on this rainy, windy day in Bridgehampton, NY enjoying the aroma of simmering chicken stock wafting from the kitchen.
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Such is the miasma currently wafting from the Twilight Zone:
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Such is the miasma currently wafting from the Twilight Zone:
A message from the alternate universe of Bishop Michael Ingham « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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Mentions of Asbury Park and the Stone Pony were enough to wake up memories of old, the smell of boardwalk fries seemingly wafting from the pages.
Books in 2008, #39 pabba 2008
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He says his meal was ruined by the "unrelenting, verbal assaults" that were wafting from the open kitchen into the dining room where he and the restaurant's other customers were trying to eat.
Why Is The Cheesecake Factory Kitchen Being Run By A Drill Sergeant? - The Consumerist 2008
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After walking two hours, I could smell the sweetness wafting from the warehouse.
365 tomorrows » Hoard : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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After walking two hours, I could smell the sweetness wafting from the warehouse.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Breezes wafting from the volcanoes cool the city each morning.
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Eventually we built a fire, which helped a great deal with the cold wafting from the foggy ocean.
WHO WERE THE WITCHES? Maggie Jochild 2007
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