waft
verb (used with object)
to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water.
will waft
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future tenseof waft.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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As of Saturday, the work will include a garden-like scent that will waft throughout the room and is, Anadol says, AI-generated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
A perfumer whose clients include Cadillac and the Ritz-Carlton conjured up the citrus scent, which will waft about the area, thanks to five diffusers on timers.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
Make sure to eat beforehand: Over the course of two acts, the smells of Mr. Esparza’s onstage cooking will waft into the audience.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2019
The scent of sage and palo santo will waft over an audience of gloriously dusty weirdos that dance harder than anywhere else at the festival.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2017
And song! sound soft as the streamlet sings, And sweet as the Summer's birds, And pure and bright and white be the wings That will waft thee into words.
From Poems: Patriotic, Religious by Abram Joseph Ryan
