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Meanings of faint whiff in English

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Usage of faint whiff in English
1
And here it comes a little faint whiff of the real play.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 / A Magazi...
2
Here, you see, comes another faint whiff of the real original play.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 / A Magazi...
3
It stung, but I detected a faint whiff of vanilla and strawberries.
Small favor
4
A faint whiff of perfume on the salt breeze had him smiling.
Patrick's destiny
5
There was a faint whiff of herb mingling with the salt sea air.
Stand by your hitman
6
The epigram, with its faint whiff of the eighties, meant nothing.
Howards End
7
She heard a slight cough... and smelled a faint whiff of coconut sunscreen.
Never Have I Ever
8
The sound came again and, again, the faint whiff of smoke.
Scarlet
9
Once there, I caught a faint whiff of something familiar.
Proven guilty
10
The flower gave off a faint whiff of grape candy.
Sister Mine
11
He caught a faint whiff of cloves that was the scent of superviolet luxin.
The black prism
12
Beneath the cloying scents he believed he also detected a faint whiff of rot.
Assail
13
These ties-whichhave the faint whiff of espionage about them-werelater to prove extremely useful.
The house of wittgenstein: a family at war
14
In advance of him, he declares, came the faint whiff of a certain singular odour.
The Wendigo
15
They gave off a faint whiff of vanilla and lavender as she shuffled through them.
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16
And then she smelled a faint whiff of smoke.
White fire
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common