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wafting

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verb

present participle of waft

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wafting
Verb
  • The chance for precipitation is hovering around 60% as of Saturday morning and rainfall amounts are expected to reach between a tenth and quarter of an inch, the forecast shows.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
  • To the north, Canada also slipped down the ladder but remains well ahead of the US, coming in at 18 after hovering around 15 for the last few years.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Within the past few days, San Francisco Bay has also seen an increase in sightings of dead gray whales, beginning with a female gray whale that was first reported floating near Alcatraz Island on March 29.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Don’t really care about awards, but sense some irony or hypocrisy floating around.
    Scott Powers, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.
    Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Wafting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wafting. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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