Sentence examples for a whiff that from inspiring English sources

Silvestre was responsible, directly or indirectly, for all three scored by the Red Bulls: a mind-numbingly bad back pass that led to Espindola's opening goal, a whiff that let Espindola in again to score the second, and a poorly timed walkabout that allowed the Red Bulls to add a third before halftime.

In a "ripped from the headlines" television landscape with the award-winning performances of The People v. O. J. Simpson American Crime Storyy on one side, and even the memorable production design of Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders on the other, Waco feels like a whiff that won't get another do-over.

If they even get a whiff that Groh is some sort of Parcells puppet, they will tune out everything he has to say.

So it is not so far-fetched to think that, in his waning days in office, Mr. Bush will plunge into what Mr. Miller calls "the 50-year-headache" — especially if he gets a whiff that it could work.

She wants to move out into the business world in the next year or so, after she completes her M.B.A. N.T., Milwaukee It's admirable to worry about your assistant's career advancement, but I'm getting a whiff that you're a little less concerned with her development than you are grossed out by her.

You get a whiff that if he spent a week with Lady Gaga, Björk, pre-Nineties Boy George, the spirit of Freddie Mercury and any other pop exhibitionist, he could easily start flaunting nipple tassles along to his romantic numbers like "See You Again" and "My God" and go all electro in the name of art pop, but then he wouldn't be so darn adorable, would he?

Like the Bisto kids, Premier Foods shareholders are following a pungent whiff that will lead them to the group's annual meeting this week.

Walking through the lobby of my hotel, Le Parker Meridien on W57th St, my nostrils were lured by a hamburgerish whiff that seemed at odds with the vast mirrors and Damien Hirst abstraction.

One piece of the wasabi roll, alas, carried a fishy whiff that ruined an otherwise promising combination of tuna, yellowtail and bean sprouts.

If that happens, then his remoteness from normal people's lives could grow from a mild whiff that he can overcome, into a toxic fume that drives voters away.

From there, Severini sprang to compositions with a Surrealist whiff that he painted in Neo-Impressionist brushstrokes.