Sentence examples for given the whiff from inspiring English sources

The decline in long-term interest rates was surprising given the whiff of inflationary pressure in the government economic reports.

It's deeply regrettable that the right wing has put a fundamentalist in the White House, given the whiff of apocalyptic superstition that now hangs over it.

Wallace says that given the whiffs and suggestions and hints and allegations of things that may have happened on trips to Russia how he can "write off" the possibility that this was terrorism.

The recent troubles at the New Orleans-based McMoRan give the deal the whiff of a bailout.

One aspiring performer, who gave off the whiff of a flounder past its prime, tried all sorts of balms and baths to improve her prospects.

That, and his own assertion that he would look at the law with a fresh eye, gave off the whiff of hypocrisy, which made it easier for some senators to oppose him.

To some, even though its self-authored Google listing brands it as a "libertarian, non-racist party", it will always give off the whiff of a kind of rightwing politics that often blurs into the lunatic fringe.

As the SNP well knows, despite his Scots ancestry, Cameron not only gives off the whiff of very English privilege, but also personifies a malign political combination - leading a party once again fond of paying tribute to the blessed Margaret, with pronounced personal echoes of the hated Blair.

Romney, in some ways, looks a lot like some of the frontrunners who crashed and burned at the last minute: laden with endorsements, sporting tons of yard signs and benefiting from what appears to be a thorough and impregnable organization -- but also giving off the whiff of establishment machinery and purpose, and failing to inspire much passion on the part of his ostensible supporters.

The theme of exposing Nazis gives the book a whiff of "The Boys from Brazil".

Terrorism references were obvious, and the final appearance of a woman (Amanda?) was so abrupt that it gave the piece a whiff of gimmickry.