Sentence examples for would whiff from inspiring English sources

Once in awhile a defensive back would completely blow its coverage or a middle linebacker would whiff a non-mobile QB without explanation.

Upon realizing that he'd whiffed, even Gronk seemed surprised that he had somehow screwed up one of the most basic moves this side of Tebowing.

"It's a good thing I wasn't hitting or I would have whiffed".

Given the broad consensus that he has handled the crisis well, replacing him, especially with an obvious Democrat, would have whiffed of politicisation.

"That happened a lot in that area: You would get a whiff of gas, and then it would disappear".

There, I would take one whiff of a garment and reunite it with its longing owner.

Watching her trade sex for designer trinkets, one can't help thinking that, were the film set in Britain, there would be a whiff of Footballers' Wives about it.

Mr Obama is ambivalent, but more likely to sign the bill than not, if only because a dynamic market for new firms would provide a whiff of hope and change.The act will certainly make markets more friendly to firms.

The musical to end all musicals was literally that, an emphatic goodbye that ensured all subsequent revivals, except perhaps for Mr. Sondheim's, would bear a whiff of camp.

Since its out-of-town tryout in Chicago late last year, some wondered why an audience would want a whiff of the sickly odor of rotting souls that "Sweet Smell" provides.

Adding a series of joint appearances with Mr. Clinton now would carry the whiff of panic, especially given the convincing reports in The Times about the level of antipathy between the two men and their families.