waft
verb (used with object)
to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water.
were wafting
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past progressiveof waft.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Klooster was there to document what surrounding homeowners already suspected: The tank battery was leaking a mix of methane and other pollutants that were wafting into the surrounding community.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 14, 2022
And it distilled the myriad shifts and reversals that were wafting through the Beverly Hilton ballroom like encouraging zephyrs, with the dust not soon to settle.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2018
New York’s trifecta began at the tail end of the tumultuous 1960s, when tear gas and other interesting fragrances were wafting into everybody’s nostrils.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2010
Once the ad is ripped open, the scent behaves just as if it were wafting in the air above the perfume counter.
From Time Magazine Archive
And it was precisely in this spirit that he found himself upon the deck of the vessel, whose white wings were wafting him now across the ocean.
From The Heart's Secret; Or, the Fortunes of a Soldier: a Story of Love and the Low Latitudes. by Ballou, Maturin Murray
