Sentence examples for persistent whiff from inspiring English sources
There has been a persistent whiff of self-delusion surrounding this Lions tour and Woodward still appears unhealthily in thrall to his own genius.
For anyone who had hoped that there would be clear blue water between politics past and future here, however, Orde's words only add to the troubling murk and the persistent whiff of corruption.
Three months later, nothing has been decided, hence the persistent whiff of scandal which will accompany Contador – who insists he is innocent – for the next three weeks as he and the rest of the 197-strong peloton pedal around France.
I don't suppose it was unrelated, either, to the fact that I was keeling towards the midpoint of my 30s, an age at which female aloneness is no longer socially sanctioned and carries with it a persistent whiff of strangeness, deviance and failure.
For consistency's sake, sitting on the balcony of the Enchantment Resort contemplating the red canyon wall all aglow at sunset and feeling pretty darn proud of ourselves, we caught a powerful and persistent whiff of hotel septic, too, but by then we were acclimated.
Opinion surveys give Mr. Blair, 48, a persistent double-digit lead, indicating that he has emerged unscathed from feuding within the top ranks of his Labor Party, a whiff of scandal among some lieutenants, furious protests over fuel prices, widespread aversion to his support of the euro as Europe's single currency and the potential political fallout from the foot-and-mouth crisis.
The whiff grows ever stronger.
