Sentence examples for may smack of from inspiring English sources

The photograph may smack of Oxbridge privilege.

It may smack of voodoo, but it works for him.

Though a private club may smack of snobbery, Mr. Hernandez prides himself on mixing company.

That may smack of pedantry but dates matter in a drama about changing times.

The idea may smack of neatly packaged reality show, but there is a real issue here.

Offering the table back to him (however kindly your impulse) may smack of a lack of appreciation.

Statues to the valiant Haenyeo are raised all around Udo. Throughout Korea, you find "folk villages" whose name may smack unappetisingly of Disneyland, but six of which are, in fact, authentic villages that have been sensitively restored to preserve traditional lifestyles.

This may smack more of superstition than practical science but once you have developed your own personal belief system it is difficult to lose faith in it.

As a strategy to enhance Miliband's standing it was surely flawed and may even smack of desperation, suggesting that their man is locked out of larger media opportunities.

Most smack of desperation.

And lobster will smack of pomegranates.