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whiff

«Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by a whiff of arrogance.»
«Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.»
«The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire.»
«As Calcutta smells of death and Bombay of Money, Bangkok smells of sex, but this sexual aroma is mingled with the sharper whiffs of sex and money»
«A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility.»
«A whiff of grapeshot.»
«This melancholy London- I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air.»
«A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer - that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a knave nor an honest man, but is a sort of whiffing, shuffling, cunning, silly, contemptible, unmeaning negation of the two.»