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1 At first I think it's Duncan, but then I catch a whiff .
2 I catch a whiff of the freshly mown lawn in the garden.
3 You catch a whiff of someone wearing her signature scent and … nothing.
4 I think I catch a whiff of your culinary atmosphere-and ,oh ,I- amso-hungry
5 He had it close enough to his face to catch a whiff of it.
6 I catch a whiff of a woodstove and find the glow of the porch light.
7 As he approaches, I catch a whiff of cologne, and then alcohol on his breath.
8 When I sit on the stool, next to Aaron, I catch a whiff of his cologne.
9 As I lift my arm to rub my stomach, I catch a whiff of myself and groan.
10 He knew farm smells, and some summer days they'd catch a whiff of the hog plant outside Easterly.
11 I catch a whiff of menthol.
12 We played music he knew, read his schoolbooks aloud to him, let him catch a whiff of his favorite foods.
13 I cannot tell you what it was, but sometimes now, as an adult, I will catch a whiff of it.
14 So I may be walking out to a cab, or going up the stairs of my flat, and catch a whiff .
15 A small crowd lined up to catch a whiff , and Borgnine was implored to open his jacket again, which he did, amiably.
16 He proceeded with an odd sense that at any moment he might spot them up ahead or catch a whiff of pipe smoke.
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