Sentence examples for whiff in from inspiring English sources
No coincidence that most of his odious utterings leave an unpleasant whiff in the air.
John Updike's Harry Angstrom, a k a Rabbit, who gropes toward personal grace through four novels only to whiff in the end.
There's also a bit of a whiff in the air - a fragrance, invented by the artist and wafted into the space.
There is no court (the cast of twenty-three is cut to eight), no Fortinbras, no sexuality (hardly a whiff in Ophelia or Gertrude), and no infernal hesitation.
O'Neill swung at a shoulder-high pitch to whiff in his last at-bat tonight and is 4 for 28 since Aug. 25, with two runs batted in.
While Mr. Neumann rejects interpretations that have linked this piece to events surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks, he does acknowledge a certain apocalyptic whiff in the air.
Sheffield whiffed in the fifth on 95-m.p.h.
Obama whiffed in the debate last night when Brian Williams and Tim Russert teed up the first question for him to take on Hillary — something the debate dominatrix never would have done.
The evening's close — "The Whiffenpoof Song," which any former Whiffs in the room are encouraged to come sing on stage — was a cakewalk, a big, caterwauling, arm-in-arm bro-fest.
LOS ANGELES — The weekend box office delivered very different results for three A-list stars, as Adam Sandler hit another home run in "Grown Ups," and Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz whiffed in "Knight and Day".
"Yeah, I whiff it in practice rounds, I back off," Na said.
