Example Sentences

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One woman walked wordlessly through the neighborhood, wafting a smudge stick of burning sage.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

The acrid smoke wafting from burning waste in her neighbourhood in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, made it hard to breathe.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

The smell of herbs and spices wafting through the corridors seems to suggest they are not the only ones who feel this way.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

But that did little to allay the concerns of Dermish and his neighbors, who continued to see flares light up the sky and to smell gas wafting over the community.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

She could smell the fragrance wafting up from the wine: honey, peaches, flowers in midsummer, as intoxicating as first love.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo