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 Meanings and Examples of WHIFF
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whiff
 n.  brief, passing odor carried in air; trace to hint; slight, gentle gust of air
Classic Sentence:
1  But she felt a whiff of passion touch her, from his mere presence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
2  No sooner was Andrey asleep and the first whiff of neighbour Yeobright's wind had got inside Andrey's clarinet than everyone in church feeled in a moment there was a great soul among 'em.'
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 5 Perplexity among Honest People
3  But there seemed to be not a whiff of life in either of the bodies.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
4  He seemed to bring a whiff of his strong, fresh, bracing, east-coast air with him as he entered.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
5  After the involuntary shrinking consequent on the first nauseous whiff, we one and all set about our work as though that loathsome place were a garden of roses.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
7  However, there was no other way; so with such show of cheerfulness as they could muster they called for the pipe and took their whiff as it passed, in due form.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  Our friend had caught now and then a whiff from the sewers over which he lived, but this was the first time that he had ever been splashed by their filth.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
9  During the entr'acte a whiff of cold air came into Helene's box, the door opened, and Anatole entered, stooping and trying not to brush against anyone.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER X
10  From the alighting board, instead of the former spirituous fragrant smell of honey and venom, and the warm whiffs of crowded life, comes an odor of emptiness and decay mingling with the smell of honey.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XX
Example Sentence:
1  It's highly likely that the whiff is the product of chemicals evaporating as the machines heat up.
2  They show she has defied a whiff of scandal and predictions of decline, reflecting a revolution in how the fashion industry is responding to women consumers, say commentators.
3  A whiff of fresh air cleared his head.
4  A few whiffs of this gas and she'll fall a sleep.