Sentences with phrase «wafted like»

And as I entered the final curve, the pancake wafted like a leaf on the spring breeze, missed the pan and flopped forlornly on to the grass.

silhouette composed of a race - car front and a jet - fighter rear turns heads in rapid succession, the scent of sticky Pirelli PZero rubber and hot carbon - ceramic brakes is wafting like pheromone through the crowded street cafes.

Not exact matches

Torres said the smell wafts into her home late in the day in an area where many of her neighbours like to cook with spices.

The evangelist pulls meanings out of words like rabbits from a silk hat: born from above may mean born again; the wind that blows where it wills may just be the Spirit wafting through the empty regions of our lives.

It was like the effect of some great orchestra when all the separate notes have melted into one swelling harmony that leaves the listener conscious of nothing save that his soul is being wafted upwards, and almost bursting with its own emotion.

-- I've discovered it works wonders in drinks and popcorn ~ I don't eat it but if I plunge a sprig or two into the bowl, I'll pick up delicious wafts of rosemary while nibbling, add a little sea salt + nutritional yeast (tastes like cheese) and it's quite a heavenly experience.

With a dozen bakeries in walking distance wafting the smell of yeast and crusty bread into the streets, a baguette or two found its way to my kitchen more than my waistline would have liked.

Nothing like a cool crisp day with the smell of cinnamon - y spices wafting through the kitchen.

We like to imagine the kids floating out of bed, cartoon style, towards amazing smells wafting down from the kitchen.

This bright, fresh, focused chardonnay, with its pristine citrus fruit and wafts of oak is like a delicate watercolour painting that captures the cool maritime climate of the Mornington Peninsula and the breezy hillside location of Point Leo's vineyard.

And there is nothing like the aroma of bread baking, wafting through your kitchen...

The delicious smell wafts across the house, waking any last remaining sleepyheads and bringing them, magnet - like, into the kitchen.

As soon as the door is unlocked, a sweet, heavy, grassy smell like that of old hay wafts out, filling the area with the scent of thousands of years of decay.

They waft up in front of my headlights like steam off the road.

John Manobianco, a director of advanced technology at Ensco, an engineering firm in Falls Church, Virginia, is working on a related concept in which swarms of probes waft down like dandelion seeds.

So they analyzed the chemical composition of the odor mixture wafting from the forearms of 16 people of various ethnic backgrounds; they did the same for samples from pigeons and chickens, two species that Culex mosquitoes like.

«These chemical compounds aren't volatile; they don't waft off the ant, and they're only perceptible within a really short range, like a few millimeters, basically.»

The organic aerosol particles that coat the toxic hitchhikers are wafted into the atmosphere through emissions from trees (like those that produce the smell of pine trees), and burning biomass and fossil fuel to form a semi-solid sap - like casing surrounding and protecting the particle's payload from breaking down in the atmosphere.

Star cites candles as tools that can «clear the frequency of the air,» especially when they waft calming scents like lavender or frankincense, which she uses in her own line of home goods, Matter and Home.

It's super quick and easy and it smells like orange creamsicle is wafting through your house.

Every Sunday morning, 10 am like clockwork, I'd smell the sweet notes of sizzling bacon wafting up the stairs.

I wish I could bottle this purity and keep coming back to it, like a little vial of smelling salts to waft around from time to time.

Nothing like a cool crisp day with the smell of cinnamon - y spices wafting through the kitchen.

There's nothing like waking up in the morning to the heavenly smell of breakfast wafting through the air.

You can picnic in any park across the city and see the balloons wafting by like clouds.

Comic ideas waft through the movie like phantoms hoping to take shape.

There are also more subtle - yet - effective touches, like the way you can barely hear mariachi music wafting from the rear speakers during sequences when Miguel visits the plaza.

Soon, strange voices are wafting through the ventilation shaft next to Quinn's bed, large cracks appearing in the ceiling, and tar - like footprints streaking across the floor.

The film opens with a montage of grainy early -»70s news footage, but any warm feeling toward the counterculture is tainted by an air of smugness, like tear gas wafting through a peace rally.

Though Kramer Morgenthau's cinematography is rich in oak browns and pearl whites, cigarette smoke wafting through shafts of light, it's all in service of such a distinct air of stuffiness that it never seems like anyone (both in front and behind the lens) is having any fun.

Now Gordita Beach is under the influence of Uranus, «the planet of rude surprises» and Doc wafts about on karmic thermals like a «patchouli fart».

Sound bleeds between scenes like smoke wafting between rooms — a haze of creativity.

Like smoke from a sugarhouse, the sound of the drum curls around the stone dining hall and wafts over the alumni house before dissipating into the Maine woods.

There was, for instance, Bill Mish, general manager of the Doubletree Hotel Chattanooga (where I hadn't stayed), who no doubt thought he'd scaled the heights of wit when he assailed my domicile, telling Pare, «Not everybody likes the smell of corned beef wafting through the air.»

It will respond to a bit of vigorous driving but, like its engine, the NX is at its best when wafting along.

There are things you expect — navigation, leather interior, premium audio (the Burmester system is a dream)-- and maybe a few things you don't, like Wi - Fi connectivity, an illuminated Mercedes star in the grille, and the in - cabin fragrance system that has wafted down from the S - Class.

Lowered suspension and variable - ratio steering ensure it's quick in the corners, but soften off the suspension and the Cupra is happy to waft around like a standard Leon.

Yet, like all the S - class Coupe models, the S63 is better suited to a sporting waft: in Comfort mode, the ride is superlative and the big chairs (distinct from the S - class saloon's) are hyper comfortable, with extraordinary support, electrical adjustment and spine - friendly massage functions.

Just like before, ride quality is superb and the car's air suspension combines smoothness with complete control and utter stability as you waft along faster than you think.

In Dynamic mode, it rifles off crisp shifts immediately but just as deftly wafts along like cream cheese at a school zone pace.

In this league, all that matters is that the Flying Spur ambles around town like a newly - elected mayor, accelerates like a Porsche 911 Turbo and wafts with imperial ease.

Istanbul's Grand Bazaar is like a mini city, with spices wafting through the air.

Normally traveling in schools they often appear like heard of buffalo filling divers» ears with their noisy crunching and excreting wafts of fine sand onto the ocean floor.

With a unique blend of modern and classical Arabic décor and furnishings, Villa La Sarabande is an ideal retreat for those seeking a truly one - of - a-kind property, and guests will find the combination of new - world amenities and old - world style particularly enticing, like the wafting aroma of a wondrous foreign spice.

As quickly as this good news hit their desks, the offer wafted away like a bad smell.

She's still romping around in the Underworld engine, so expect dynamic lighting in this game, ferns that waft in the breeze and puzzles that take the laws of physics into consideration, but this time it's zoomed out to an isometric view and handles like a twin stick shooter.

The game's accompanying soundtrack wafts a similar simplicity but remains beautifully orchestrated, fitting each individual environment like a glove.

The smell of new games is wafting through the air like pie on a windowsill.

The group will engage in a collaborative experiment to learn what bursting colors, metallic shimmers, fizzling explosions, and wafting trails of smoke taste like on the tip of the tongue.

With Jason Moran's elegiac piano score to Ligon's The Death of Tom (2008) wafting through the space on a loop, «Blackness in Abstraction» can, at times, feel like a gothic art auction or a bizzaro Robert Ryman retrospective — all meditations on different registers of monochromatic tone and texture.