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

I must find them in a land that will waft health to me, and give me strength for coming duties.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various