Sentences with phrase «faint whiff»

They're also pretty refined, too, and the turbocharged engine in particular does have the very faint whiff of the racy WRX STi performance car when worked hard (not that we'd encourage you to treat the Forester like a sports sedan on a regular basis, mind...).

The last five months alone have been a roller coaster for Canadian medical marijuana producers on various stock exchanges, whose investors tend to flinch at the faintest whiff of news that's just off - neutral in tone.

While there is no evidence to suggest Katz was attempting to influence the Alberta PC party to contribute money to the arena project, even the faintest whiff of currying favour has killed what little chance there was for the government to share costs.

In this democratic age, even the faintest whiff of élitism could elicit a negative response from many quarters.

We should reject even the faintest whiff of that idea.

He brought in sophisticated technology to listen for growling and to detect the faintest whiff of perfume.

Three seasons later, they have the faint whiff of contender about them.

You have to be able to smell the faintest whiff of weakness andpull the trigger..

Imagine soaking in a bath inhaling tangerine oil, coconut and the faint whiff of the ocean.

Add Nick Knight photos, Ray Petri's Buffalo styling, Spandau Ballet: it was a breath of new air, with a faint whiff of cordite to add just enough danger and excitement to guide teens into a world that was theirs alone.

While admirably spotlighting Lilis bravery, the film does develop a faint whiff of well - dressed earnestness.

Tales of Zestiria has its fair share of flaws and blemishes, but the engaging combat, coupled with a likeable cast of characters kept me engaged; it's just too bad that a faint whiff of déjà vu still lingers over this franchise.

Especially enjoyable are the three leads — Nellie, the expressive pooch; Farahani, whose unusual decorative taste gives rise to some delightful sight gags; and Driver, who makes the protagonist watchful, pensive and quietly considerate, blending cautious optimism with the faintest whiff of melancholy.

The faint whiff of something rotting at the back of the fridge has attached itself to cinema in recent years.

That Tim is a small - time operator who dreams of making it big does introduce a faint whiff of class satire; Amanda, for all her imposing bluntness, entertains a similar fantasy of shortcutting her way to success, frequently invoking Steve Jobs as her role model.

He's charming in both the film and on the circuit, but you'd have to hold your nose pretty tightly not to detect the faintest whiff of Roberto Benigni wafting from the worn elastic of Weinstein's cummerbund.

But is that just the faintest whiff of false bonhomie when, amid the pulled punches and bear hugs, Brent shoots Josh (Zackary Arthur) a furious look?

This is a car that indulges almost all senses: sight, with gracious curves and beautiful sheetmetal; smell, with the faint whiff of soft leather; touch, with the aforementioned suede; hearing, with unbelievably crisp and powerful music from the 825 - watt sound system.

Instead, the Boxster gives off only the faintest whiff of understeer in what is quite possibly the industry's most neutral - handling car.

From a little less than 6000 rpm, the Viper uncoils in a faint whiff of wheel spin and tire smoke on its way to a 0 -60-mph time in the low three second range.

Push hard into a corner and there's the faintest whiff of stabilising understeer, but the rest of the time the R8 is taut, composed and grippy, while over typically undulating and poorly surfaced British roads its excellent body control breeds confidence.

Bentley's engineers say it's possible to drift the Continental GT, but I'm not detecting even the faintest whiff of rear - end slip as I blast along the soaking wet asphalt.

The latest 300 may well still just pull it off with its gangsta look — albeit softened after the updates to the original — but there is also now a faint whiff of gangnam style about it.

Both have enough resolution for me and, while they're getting closer to true - white, there is still a faint whiff of gray in there.

«Public pension fund investments should not carry even the faintest whiff of secret handshakes in the shadows with politically connected influence peddlers,» Lockyer said in a news release.

He is still a happy boy, begs for cheese bits when we make a sandwich, eats with gusto, poops just fine (more on that, anon), and barks to ask for a walk — or if I take the other dog out and not him; and his nose works just fine thank you, he can detect the faintest whiff of the remains of something the cat left strewn about, from 50 ′ downwind.

High expectations are justified when a game has been in development so long and GT5 has more than a faint whiff of disappointment about it.

If you're looking for a meaty tale without the faintest whiff of RPG, The Nonary Games are an experience you won't want to rewrite.

And then Bungie added in just a little bit of extra bullshit, focused on endgame micro-transactions: Sparrows are now cosmetic items you receive randomly in the game's lootbox - style «bright engrams»; shaders, received the same way, are now single - use items, received in packs of three to five; and the faintest whiff of non-cosmetic paid upgrades exists in the armour and weapon «modifications», which you receive in the same way and use to boost your gear.

(An accessory that carries an air of celebrity with a faint whiff of anonymity.)

Because oil money, or just the faintest whiff of it, trumps the scientific method every time.

But threaten the fragile minds of the young with just the faintest whiff of an idea that there might be more than one side to the global warming story, and Friends of the Earth, armed with a NASA headed letter from James Hansen, will want to have words with you:

It is not a faint whiff.