follow a scent
Example Sentences
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They can find hard-to-navigate paths through rubble to follow a scent or identify different access points to the victim, Selvakumaran tells the BBC.
From BBC ā Jun. 29, 2026
Scent detection canines searching for a suspect can look past all the other odors they encounter to follow a scent trail left behind by the person they are pursuing.
From Scientific American ā Sep. 26, 2023
The dog liked to go off and follow a scent, but she usually always returned when called, Ms Belton said.
From BBC ā Apr. 21, 2022
Benton hurried to the bunkhouse door, much as a hound might follow a scent, peered in, and went on to the corner.
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Bertrand W. Sinclair
Even when this union was not attained, James was reconciled to the miracle-workers partly by his great charity, and partly by his hunter’s instinct to follow a scent, for he believed discoveries to be imminent.
From Character and Opinion in the United States by George Santayana
