Sentence examples for whiff as from inspiring English sources

Still, Williams needs to have three or four outstanding seasons to even get a whiff as a candidate.

Piazza banged his bat against his cleat after the whiff as the Mets faltered for the seventh time in eight games.

I catch a perfume whiff as she brushes by.

"I want the world to know," she shouted, right after her tremendous whiff, as she jogged to the stage.

They'd get a whiff as we embraced hello or I climbed into the backseat of their car and I could see their nostrils quiver and eyes dilate.

One of the fun things to do in the tasting room is to close your eyes and take a whiff as glasses from different vintages are poured in front of you.

(I had plenty of smaller whiffs as well — I made the mistake of guessing against the dolphins).

But I've seen traditional publishers' marketing arms whiff just as badly as an individual armed with a laptop; at least this way you have some control over the process.

Cellini's actual life has a whiff of hellfire as well as the fire of the studio furnace.

It all depends on the contest against South Africa, but this time the few English fans here tread the frenetic path to the Chittagong stadium with a whiff of expectation as well as hope, having recognised that just about anything is possible in this crazy tournament.

That and any whiff of attitude, as in "Don't let the door hit you on the way out".