Sentence examples for one whiff from inspiring English sources

I relaxed in a way I can't remember; I felt my mind slow down; felt it stop, and tune in to one breath at a time, one drop of rain on the tarp, one whiff of smoke from last night's fire.

Director Abel Ferrara gave both actors free rein to improvise; in one scene, following Georges' release from custody on an attempted rape charge, Simone bemoans the fact that one whiff of him is all it takes for her to be back in his thrall.

One whiff of competition, and Stern snuffed it out.

There, I would take one whiff of a garment and reunite it with its longing owner.

One whiff of that ozone, and the hook was set; I was gone".

For Anne is full vexed: "Lay off, please, stop it!" One whiff of ganj and anon she'll encroach.

On Tuesday, our new president did offer one subtle whiff of the Great Depression.

At the end the characters took curtain calls, in effect, when their names were flashed on the video screens, and the audience got one final whiff of their scents.

But one faint whiff of the VIP event came in the brief mention of "a small stage" set up on the South Lawn in a pool report sent Saturday afternoon.

One Last Whiff At 6 30 in the morning, when the market is starting to wind down, I go around the corner to the Market Grill at 40 Peck Slip, which is open all night and serves omelets and other breakfast staples.

In an article for The New York Times, columnist and former drama critic Frank Rich noted the link to the lyric in Field's song from the movie, writing that Obama offered in his address "one subtle whiff of the Great Depression".