"We wouldn't know what to do without you all," he said in a tone that bore a distinct whiff of sarcasm.

The distinct whiff of an alternate reality lingered in the air.

Noting an ashtray on the table and getting a distinct whiff of stale smoke in the air, Banks asked if he might light up.

Parlabane sensed something incongruous about the man and his job, there being a distinct whiff of the upper orders about him.

Moxie caught a distinct whiff of garlic.

Oakish with a distinct whiff of commerce?

The article is condescending and has the distinct whiff of nineteenth century British paternalism to its colony.

"I just caught a distinct whiff of somebody who doesn't bathe regularly."

Today's event therefore had the quality of an economics seminar with a distinct whiff of business boosterism.

The stories in football's Old Testament had a bit of meat on them, and often the distinct whiff of fermented hops.