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
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
Another soundtrack in the room suggests the process of digestion and, as if to underscore corporeality, additional projectors will waft images resembling red blood cells over the supine viewers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2016
For faith will waft The tiny craft O’er Fancy’s shining sea.
From The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes by Wright, Blanche Fisher
