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Wafting meaning

present participle and gerund of waft

Using Wafting

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of waft
  • In the example corpus, wafting often appears in combinations such as: wafting through, wafting from, wafting into.

Context around Wafting

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Wafting

  • In this selection, "wafting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, scent, smells, clove, toward, across and down stand out and add context to how "wafting" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and spices wafting up just and are still wafting through their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wafting" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wafting

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Consider it the lilac scent wafting from an elderly aunt’s stationery. (12 words)

Now a feather comes wafting down, a pigeon or a herring gull’s. (13 words)

The hunger-stirring scent wafting up from the tray is familiar to Garcia. (13 words)

While tucking her children into bed on a warm night in July 2019, she said, she began to notice a chemical smell wafting into her house, and soon she and her family experienced an "overwhelming chemical fume" that caused their eyes and throats to burn. (45 words)

His mother said in a short interview after Tuesday’s meeting her son had asked a group of young men gathered nearby if they would kindly extinguish whatever they were smoking because the fumes were wafting toward his house and family. (41 words)

The industry, now estimated to be worth over £1.3billion in the UK, has spawned a plethora of dedicated vape shops with plumes of flavoured vapour wafting across the streets as cheap disposable vape pods litter green spaces and drains. (40 words)

Why would Belichick want to harm his own legacy by trying to reverse that trend with a team that has a clear whiff of dysfunction wafting from the top of the organization? (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

Consider it the lilac scent wafting from an elderly aunt’s stationery.

Maison Berger specifically uses ingredients that are pet-safe, so you don’t have to worry about harming dad’s favorite just to get a better scent wafting through the house.

Pervading the whole exhibition is the smell of clove wafting from studded apples floating in the window.

Wafting through the air is a melange of smells, of spices blending, curry leaves, chillis and pickles.

He delivers one of his eeriest melodies in “Trampled Rose,” while closing track “Day After Tomorrow,” with wisps of Marc Ribot’s guitar wafting around the singer, is a heartbreaking soldier’s tale.

I always say that walking through my neighborhood feels like you're in a town in Mexico — there's always Latin music playing, folks speaking Spanish, and smells of authentic Mexican food wafting in the air.

In the three years since the spill, residents in El Segundo have complained that odors are still wafting through their neighborhoodsSouth Coast Air Quality Management District requiring fixes.

The industry, now estimated to be worth over £1.3billion in the UK, has spawned a plethora of dedicated vape shops with plumes of flavoured vapour wafting across the streets as cheap disposable vape pods litter green spaces and drains.

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There could be more unpleasant smells wafting over Metro Vancouver this week, according to a public notice from the Parkland fuel refinery.

Why would Belichick want to harm his own legacy by trying to reverse that trend with a team that has a clear whiff of dysfunction wafting from the top of the organization?

Investigators with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality believe that the sheen that some residents have noticed on the water and the stench wafting above the waves are coming from primarily dead vegetation.

The scent of freshly baked chicken and spices wafting up, just before the first bite unleashes a torrent of finely compressed juices, hitting you with the wham-bam taste bud assault of Memphis' best chicken.

While tucking her children into bed on a warm night in July 2019, she said, she began to notice a chemical smell wafting into her house, and soon she and her family experienced an "overwhelming chemical fume" that caused their eyes and throats to burn.

But to Manuela Kragler, the woman who lived upstairs, it was an inescapable stink, rising through open windows and water pipes, wafting through the electrical outlets and permeating her home.

For no apparent reason, the aching beauty of Etta James' At Last came wafting out of the public address system to fill the emptying ground.

His mother said in a short interview after Tuesday’s meeting her son had asked a group of young men gathered nearby if they would kindly extinguish whatever they were smoking because the fumes were wafting toward his house and family.

I’ve used the term myself as a shorthand for folks who don’t like the smells from a barbecue joint wafting toward their window, or for people who are mad that a new apartment building might block their lakeview.

Now a feather comes wafting down, a pigeon or a herring gull’s.

Selecting a dining option may be difficult between all of the smells wafting through Union Market, but the Philly Wing Fry station is a must-try.

The hunger-stirring scent wafting up from the tray is familiar to Garcia.

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Common combinations with wafting

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wafting" in a sentence?
An example: "Consider it the lilac scent wafting from an elderly aunt’s stationery." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "wafting" from authentic English texts.
What does "wafting" mean?
Wafting means: present participle and gerund of waft
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