Sentence examples for smacks of summer from inspiring English sources

Whole-wheat spaghetti is cooked just so, draped with a tomato sauce that smacks of summer and is embellished with nothing more than fresh basil and fruity olive oil — so Italian, the delicious simplicity.

It's a bracing dish whose sunniness smacks of summer, but then the world of fashion has recently been toying with the seasons, realizing that weather isn't what it used to be.

Lavender oil has a rich, grassy smell that instantly smacks of summer.

That smacks of 1930s-style self-flagellation.Mr Eichintednthatthet the stability pact should apply to levels of spending, not to budget deficits.

Suggesting that Mr. Obama and his aides should have bucked the consensus forecast and decided that a long slump was the most likely outcome smacks of 20/20 hindsight.

To some, it smacks of 1987, when Italy started taking account of its shadow economy, the off-the-books business which makes up about a fifth of Italian GDP.

East Passyunk Avenue — hailed as Philadelphia's new restaurant row and pronounced by locals as "Pash-SHUNK" — embraces Le Virtu and its Abruzzi menu, Noord Eetcafe for what smacks of today's Amsterdam, and Townsend for seasonal French fare.

These lyrics, as interpreted by Mark Ledford, smack of today's pop songs.

Roland Mouret's green and Nehi-orange suits and dresses, sharpened with white, were a nice smack of spring.

Using the leader's name for a quartet may smack of yesterday's fashion, but Mr. Zehetmair says that it has helped the group gain attention.

Among the entrees, the mixture of white beans, lardons and sliced shiitakes was quite tasty but it smacked of winter, as did the lentil ragout that came with a sturdy pork chop, chewy and overcooked.