waft
verb (used with object)
to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water.
had been wafting
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past perfect progressiveof waft.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Arguments about the ethics and common sense of such guided ascents had been wafting about the world's always contentious mountaineering community.
From Time Magazine Archive
I knew he could smell the food—my mother had been wafting scents toward the front door since she’d started cooking this morning.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
