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
I went below to the lounge, from which some chords were wafting.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
