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 the sailing ships, as if cut out of frailest pearl translucency, were wafting away towards Naples.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)