whiff
Example Sentences
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When scents of frying oil and incense whiffed past me, I knew Chinatown was just the next block over.
From Literature
“The minute they get a whiff of vampires and all that, they immediately check out.”
In referencing punk culture, Gyllenhaal whiffs her mark, which is somehow even more punk.
From Salon
“But as money rotates into more insulated sectors, anything with even a whiff of disruption risk is getting hit. That creates potential opportunity for some investors, while others will stick with slow-and-steady indexing.”
From Barron's
Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
