get a whiff

Example Sentences

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Visitors to Oroboro and other elegant stores in New York can get a whiff of incense burning as they browse the racks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

When such a specimen appears ready, it triggers bloom watches and people line up around the block to get a whiff.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

To this day, when I land at LAX and get a whiff of eucalyptus riding above the jet fuel and car exhaust, I just think, “Man, it’s good to be home.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

Have you ever met someone where they don’t know who you are, but then they get a whiff, and suddenly open up?

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022

And all the way through, I was living in constant terror that one of the witches in the back row was going to get a whiff of my presence through those special nose-holes of hers.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl