Wafted

Examples

• At the same time, a low whistle is wafted through the Inn and a suppressed voice cries, Hip! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Three miles on he came to a spot where a soft perfume was wafted across his path, and he stood still for a moment to inhale the familiar scent. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• We went over the side into our boat, and lay at a little distance, to see the ship wafted on her course. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She wanted, suddenly, at one moment of the journey tomorrow, to be wafted into an utterly new course, by some utterly unforeseen event, or motion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A few fishing vessels alone specked the water, and now and then the gentle breeze wafted the sound of voices, as the fishermen called to one another. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Not that he was really thinking--he was only arrested in pure suspense inside himself, and thoughts wafted through his mind without order. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The winds you are going to tempt, have wafted thousands upon thousands to fortune, and brought thousands upon thousands happily back. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Mr Venus, having wafted his attention to this discourse over three successive saucers of tea, signified his concurrence in the views advanced. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Editor: Seth