Sentence examples for whiff of decay from inspiring English sources
"Her life had turned to this: this lifeless hush, this faint but elusive whiff of decay," Perrotta writes.
The chilly halls, crusty old dons and whiff of decaying empire were a far cry from sunny, happy-clappy San Francisco.
You can see and hear the gulls overhead, feel your hair getting heavier in the salt air and sometimes catch a whiff of decaying seaweed as you make your up-and-down way over the quick-drying greens and fairways.
Perhaps the best touch is Kendal's suggestion of a ratty discontent under all the self-dramatisation so that, when she says "David's been a good husband to me but he's wearing a bit thin now," you get an authentic whiff of marital decay.
"I feel the whiff of death and decay".
Better to make a friend of decay.
The Years Of Decay - Overkill.
There is a whiff of the grave hanging over the place, something musty, decayed.
At this time of year, a whiff of mist hung in the forest — from the warmth and moisture of the air, the breath of developing plants, and the decay of leaves that had perished long ago.
