whiff|whiffs in English

noun

[hwɪf ,w-]

scent; puff of air (often carrying smoke); hint or trace of; strikeout (Baseball); flatfish, British flounde

Use "whiff|whiffs" in a sentence

1. Whiffs of this world’s “air” have thus drifted your way.

2. One whiff will kill you.

3. One good whiff and it's everlasting sleep.

4. Jaq smelled the whiff of genetic pollution.

5. Why, the smoke-saturated, filthy air drifts over, and we get whiffs of it!

6. This whiff of hypocrisy can only cause resentment.

7. I thought, catching a strong whiff of perfume.

8. 11 But what do you do when whiffs of this world’s “air” come your way?

9. Corbett caught a whiff of the fragrant incense.

10. The top of the bookcase is skew-whiff.

11. He caught a faint whiff of her expensive French perfume.

12. The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity.

13. There's a strong whiff of half-baked anarchism about them.

14. But lately he'd been concealing this whiff with his favourite aftershave, Rampage.

15. 13 Now and again , he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell.

16. 15 But lately he'd been concealing this whiff with his favourite aftershave, Rampage.

17. One whiff - and they raise the stakes by digging deeper into their pockets.

18. Every time you come near them you get a whiff of their cologne.

19. Because if it's written by the bourgeoisie, it hasn't got the authentic whiff - what?

20. I caught a whiff of roast beef as I walked past the kitchen.

21. Whenever there's a whiff of trouble she takes to her bed with the asthma.

22. 7 Because if it's written by the bourgeoisie, it hasn't got the authentic whiff - what?

23. Cockeyed - turned or twisted toward one side; "ayouth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" askew , awry , skew-whiff , wonky , lopsided

24. As I turned out the lights, I caught a whiff of the intense fragrance of hyacinths.

25. 7 The Hispaniola rolled steadily, dipping her bowsprit nod and then with a whiff of spray.