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Meanings of faint smell in English

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Usage of faint smell in English
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He wrinkled his nose at the faint smell of explosive still inside.
The Pirates of Ersatz
2
A faint smell, as of homely things, rose from the familiar earth.
Roads from Rome
3
Soon the faint smell of incense came drifting down to the others.
The favorites: a novel
4
The faint smell of whiskey breathed along my cheek as he spoke.
The Laughing Corpse
5
Did he imagine it, or was there a faint smell of cheese?
Divide and Rule
6
The slowly stirring air seemed to carry a faint smell of burning.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
7
Walking through the multi-roomed villa, the faint smell of smoke lingered throughout.
Reuters
8
The faint smell of dead rose leaves hung about the room.
The Yellow Crayon
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Suddenly the faint smell of smoke was borne to her nostrils.
Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School
10
The light vanished, and Robin was aware of a faint smell of smoke.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
11
She could imagine a glowing fire and a faint smell of warm roses.
Balloons
12
There was always about her a faint smell of sour milk.
Mary Olivier: a Life
13
A faint smell- asmellof corruption, of ancient rottenness-aroseon the superheated air.
Brood of the Witch-Queen
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A faint smell, as of dewy earth, rose from it, fresh, delicate, and-somehow-pathetic
The Way of Ambition
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He was trying to place the faint smell in the room.
Funeral in Blue
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He saw the tree tops swaying and detected the faint smell of pine.
Phoenix noir
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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