I felt the sharp whiff of loneliness.

Breathing through these books is a whiff, sharp as wood smoke, of mortality and impending darkness, but even that proves not unwelcome.

Without disturbing his perfect smile, the man's tone changed, and instead of bright sarcasm, there was now a sharp whiff of menace.

Now, proponents of drilling smell the sharpest whiff of victory ever.

On the wind from the valley came the sharp whiff of exhaust.

There was a brisk crackling, and a sharp whiff of smoke.

A sharp whiff of alcohol and organic rot bloomed in the air.

Wolf got a sharp clean whiff of what incongruously smelled like hay.

A sharp whiff of vinegar twitched at his nostrils as the one put down the bucket and both of them knelt.

Because I sniffed the air; and scented, behind the solicitous expressions of my visitors, a sharp whiff of danger.