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Meanings of first whiff in English

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Usage of first whiff in English
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At the first whiff of tobacco he began to feel more normal.
The Evil Shepherd
2
At the first whiff of trouble the investment banks shut up shop.
Reuters
3
One never really minds a laboratory smell, after the first whiff of it.
The Brentons
4
When you get the first whiff of the man-smell, watch out!
The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat
5
But the first whiff of the fumes was too much for his will power.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
6
He breathed out the first whiff toward the heavens and the second toward the earth.
The Border Watch: A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand
7
The first whiff seemed to break the magic spell which had hitherto kept them silent.
The Big Otter
8
The first whiff of it filled him with loathing.
Quin
9
The first whiff of reality dissipated them like smoke
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
10
The first whiff of charred wood caught me unprepared.
Terminal
11
Fritz was turning gas into the valley, and I, being in front, got the first whiff.
S.O.S. Stand to!
12
The first whiff of revival came with McConaughey's smart performance in the thriller The Lincoln Lawyer.
The Irish Times
13
At the very first whiff of it my brain and my imagination were beyond all control.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
14
It was in this sun-bathed sweep of the valley that Noozak caught the first whiff of danger.
Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the ...
15
In her memoir, she described one colleague as "deserting at the first whiff of grapeshot".
Reuters
16
And drawing a first whiff, he said:
Five Tales
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