perfuming
- present participle of perfume.
Example Sentences
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Its paprika and gentle heat bloom in the oven, perfuming everything around it.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
Off heat, fold in lemon zest — the volatile oils hit the warm crumbs and bloom instantly, perfuming them.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
Overripe pomegranates bloodied the sidewalk, the fleshy rot of fallen guava perfuming the air, as Jesus Garcia and his skeleton crew surveyed their sleepy block of Santa Ana.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022
In all of them, comedy is a top note, perfuming the odor of rot underneath.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022
She examines them sternly, going down the line, just as a gnat, attracted by the lotion perfuming her legs, lands on her big toenail and gets stuck.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
