Wondering how to use Waft in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as blow or pennant.
Waft meaning
- To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
- To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
- To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
Using Waft
- The main meaning on this page is: To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. | To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. | To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
- Useful related words include: blow, pennant, pennon, streamer.
- In the example corpus, waft often appears in combinations such as: waft of, to waft, can waft.
Context around Waft
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Waft
- In this selection, "waft" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, steve, may, cooking, emitter, thru and lighter stand out and add context to how "waft" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aromas will waft from the and breeze would waft over the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "waft" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with waft
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There was a waft of human waste. (7 words)
Mominul edged a waft outside the off stump. (8 words)
Strong winds may waft lighter particles to greater distances. (9 words)
And, contrary to the marketing claims of the pant-people with all their talk of breathability and airflow, I have yet to meet the trousers that will indulge my intimates’ wish for the occasional waft of something less stuffy quite like the kilt. (43 words)
Some versions don’t allow you much control over the strength of the scent, and you can’t easily “turn off” the smell from many varieties since the aroma continues to waft out of the openings, so choose wisely. (39 words)
Her yard was tiny but tidy, the flowers well tended and a warm breeze would waft over the fence, enveloping us with the aroma of the Ghiradelli Chocolate Factory from just around the corner. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Additional faction waves are now able to be angered via the Waft Emitter.
As we chew, some flavor molecules in the food dissolve in the saliva, but those that don’t can waft up into the nasal cavity to be sensed by the myriad receptors there.
Knowing you’ll be “Okay” irrespective of what lets in you to waft thru existence without difficulty and care.
Sergeant Steve Waft, of Nottinghamshire Police's Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: "This is a devastating incident and the family are still coming to terms with the shock and grief of losing Henry.
Some versions don’t allow you much control over the strength of the scent, and you can’t easily “turn off” the smell from many varieties since the aroma continues to waft out of the openings, so choose wisely.
Strong winds may waft lighter particles to greater distances.
The smells of home cooking waft through the air.
Walking down Abbeygate Street on a Saturday, the inviting waft of Barwells was hard to miss.
For an SUV of this size, air suspension is a must, and sure enough the Maybach GLS can waft like the best luxe sedan.
He is a live installation of sorts, capturing the slow life of sitting down on and watching saris waft in the breeze.
It's just hours and hours of footage to waft through, seeing a rugged Sam sleeping, digging his own grave and strangers cooking.
The strains of waft across from the Jama Masjid.
And, contrary to the marketing claims of the pant-people with all their talk of breathability and airflow, I have yet to meet the trousers that will indulge my intimates’ wish for the occasional waft of something less stuffy quite like the kilt.
Her yard was tiny but tidy, the flowers well tended and a warm breeze would waft over the fence, enveloping us with the aroma of the Ghiradelli Chocolate Factory from just around the corner.
It won’t just look like Spenger’s inside the kitchen — if all goes as planned, familiar Spenger’s aromas will waft from the Kingfish too.
It would be, somehow, more unacceptable for a grown woman to remove her underwear and waft them in front of the fan, if only due to the outright bizarreness of the action.
Mominul edged a waft outside the off stump.
Saddled with the knowledge that the ball can tilt back in, and sucked into a false shot by a full delivery, Samuels stumbled into a half-hearted waft.
There was a waft of human waste.
This was classy from Gündogan – a neat step right to create space, a waft of his boot, and Vaclik was beaten again.
Common combinations with waft
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- waft of 5×
- to waft 4×
- can waft 3×
- waft through 2×
- waft across 2×
- waft over 2×