Sentence examples for sharp whiff from inspiring English sources

The mining boom is coming to an end, bringing a sharp whiff of reality to a high cost, strong currency economy.

Few of us can breathe in the sweet perfume of cinnamon, say, or the hot, sharp whiff of cloves and not come over a bit warm and glowy.

If it's available, you should pounce on the gorgeous steak tartare, a generous starter of house-cut rib-eye brightened with a sharp whiff of Dijon and topped with a fortune in black truffle slices; the accompanying fried oysters — a surf-ish extra — should be eaten instantly, while piping hot.

Though few would probably guess it from "Shake the Sheets," which gives off his signature sharp whiff of political disillusionment and futility: "I put it to you plain and bluntly/I worry for my tired country," he sings on "The One Who Got Us Out".

Breathing through these books is a whiff, sharp as wood smoke, of mortality and impending darkness, but even that proves not unwelcome.

Measure out the emerging foreshots or take a whiff; when the strong, sharp smell of chemicals abates, it's done flowing.

Still, the whiff of panic is becoming sharper.

Yet there is a remarkable scene, midway through the film, that captures a tone, an idea, a mood that shades the sharp edges of the geopolitical conflict, which infuses the movie with a whiff of Ostalgia — nostalgia for the East.

But Mr. Altuzarra, whose designs had whiffs of the streamlined sexiness of Gianni Versace and of the sharp, angular cuts of Thierry Mugler, said something interesting backstage: that his meld of 1960s tribal effects, techno influences and young party clothes came from the Internet and the concept of "fracturing" his inspiration.

Meanwhile, eastern Europe is also about to get a heady whiff of extra-hold hairspray courtesy of Guild: four pretty lads with cheekbones as sharp as samurai blades and eyebrows that appear to have been tweezed almost to the point of extinction.

If this city's fumes have left you craving a whiff of nature, take a walk through the Dadar flower market, where you can inhale the sharp scent of marigolds and glimpse the immensity of India's flower trade.