waft
verb (used with object)
to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water.
are wafting
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present progressiveof waft.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The Tesla’s battery caught on fire and toxic fumes are wafting down the nearby interstate, CHP Officer Jason Lyman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
Those unique, familiar chirrups and chortles of gustatory delight are wafting through the kitchen once more as cameras record another salivant television series by Julia Child.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those are the kinds of advertising claims that are wafting these days around banking's hottest product, the home-equity loan.
From Time Magazine Archive
But opponents of the incinerator, a coalition of environmentalists, parents and former incinerator workers, fear that traces of sarin and mustard gases that are wafting from the stacks could cause health problems years from now.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Sun of Reality is shining upon you, the cloud of mercy is pouring down, and the breezes of providence are wafting through your souls.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
